The document describes Cloudworks, a virtual fieldtrip website that uses Web 2.0 practices to facilitate the sharing and discussion of teaching ideas and resources. Key features include clouds (ideas, case studies, tools, questions), cloudscapes (conferences, courses), activity streams, and the ability to follow people and cloudscapes. The goals are to support an evolving online community for learning and debate using open, social, and dynamic principles. Early evidence shows the site is being used for conferences, discussions, literature reviews, and aggregating resources to personalize learning.

1. Cloudworks: a virtual fieldtrip Discover a new island on world web 2.0 Gráinne Conole, Open University, UK Eluminate session 16th November 2009 http://cloudworks.ac.uk Prezi presentation: http://prezi.com/uompojaixcrp/edit/#86

3. Harnessing web 2.0 practices Teachers/designers want examples , want to share/discuss ! Many repositories of good practice , but little impact Can we change practices through use of web 2.0 ideas? Blogging Facebook Twitter Slideshare Flckr Youtube Commenting Live commentary Tagging RSS feeds Embedding Following

6. Open design: Social and collective

8. Key concepts: Clouds Clouds: Ideas Design or case studies Tools or resources Questions or problems

9. Key concepts: Clouds Clouds: Ideas Design or case studies Tools or resources Questions or problems

10. Key concepts: Clouds Clouds: Ideas Design or case studies Tools or resources Questions or problems

11. Key concepts: Clouds Clouds: Ideas Design or case studies Tools or resources Questions or problems

12. Key concepts: Clouds Clouds: Ideas Design or case studies Tools or resources Questions or problems

13. Key concepts: Clouds Clouds: Ideas Design or case studies Tools or resources Questions or problems

15. Key concepts: Cloudscapes Cloudscapes: Conferences Workshops Course team Student cohort Research theme Project

16. Key concepts: Cloudscapes Cloudscapes: Conferences Workshops Course team Student cohort Research theme Project

17. Key concepts: Cloudscapes Cloudscapes: Conferences Workshops Course team Student cohort Research theme Project

22. Key concepts: Activity streams Clouds

23. Key concepts: Activity streams Clouds Cloudscapes

24. Key concepts: Activity streams Clouds Cloudscapes Comments

25. Key concepts: Activity streams Clouds Cloudscapes Comments Links

26. Key concepts: Activity streams Clouds Cloudscapes Comments Links References

27. Key concepts: Activity streams Clouds Cloudscapes Comments Links References Extra content

34. Theoretical perspectives “ Social objects” Social networking makes little sense if we leave out the objects that mediate the ties between people Engeström Design framework for sociality Enabling practice Mimicking reality Building identity Actualising self Bouman et al .

41. Some stats…. 1454 registered users Aspect Everyone Team Non-team Cloudscapes 126 51 75 Clouds 1471 984 489 Comments 2122 706 1416 Links 1762 1267 495 Added Sept.