Slides from the webinar I ran for the Learning and Skills Group, 13th November 08.

1. Blogs, Wikis and RSS
Barry Sampson

2. Agenda : Topics
• What are they?
• How and why use them?
• Overcoming objecCons
• Tools and Technologies
• Bringing it all together

3. QuesCon : Learning Tools?

4. QuesCon : Learning Tools?

5. Blogs : What Are They?
• Web log
• Simple self publishing
• Diary or Journal like
• Ease of use
• Comments
• Archive/Searchable

6. Blogs : Learner Benefits
• ReflecCve wriCng
• Track progress
• Share ideas
• Seek feedback
• CriCcal thinking skills
• WriCng skills
• Learning to search

7. Blogs : OrganisaConal Benefits
• Distribute informaCon
• Gather feedback
• Sharing knowledge…
• FAQ

8. !
Blogs : Issues, risks, concerns

9. Blogs : Tools and Technologies
• Hosted • Server SoZware
– Blogger – b2evoluCon
– Wordpress.com – Wordpress
– LiveJournal – LiveJournal
– Typepad – Moveable Type
– MySpace – Drupal
– Windows Live Spaces – TextPa^ern
– Xanga – Expression Engine
– Yahoo 360 – MS SharePoint

10. Wikis : What Are They?
• A wiki is a collecCon of web pages designed to enable
anyone who accesses it to contribute or modify
content, using a simplified markup language. Wikis are
oZen used to create collaboraCve websites and to
power community websites.
h^p://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki

11. Wikis : Learner Benefits
• Learners as authors
– CollaboraCve generaCon of resources
– Group assignments
– Por_olio

12. Wikis : OrganisaConal Benefits
• OrganisaCons as authors
– CollaboraCve generaCon of resources
– Let SMEs create and maintain content
– Reference materials

13. Wikis : Issues, risks, concerns

14. Wikis : Tools and Technologies
Hosted Services Server So-ware
Confluence DocuWiki
• •
EditMe Flexwiki
• •
PBwiki InsCki
• •
SocialText MediaWiki
• •
SCkiPas MoinMoin
• •
WikiSpaces TiddlyWiki
• •

15. RSS : What is it?

16. RSS : What is it?

17. RSS : Uses
• Provide feeds from external resources
• Create your own feeds to update learners
• Keep content up to date
• Not just text – photos, videos, audio, wikis

18. RSS : Readers

19. RSS : Dashboards

20. RSS : Readers and Dashboards
Hosted Services Client So-ware
Google Reader FeedDemon
• •
Bloglines NetNewsWire
• •
Netvibes Thunderbird, Apple Mail, etc…
• •
Pageflakes IE7, Safari, Opera, Firefox etc…
• •
iGoogle Outlook 2007
• •
Yahoo
•
MicrosoZ Live
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21. Blockers : Overcoming Resistance
• PotenCal Blockers
– L&D Team
– IT Team
– Other Issues

22. Thank You
• QuesCons?
• Contact Details
– Email: barry@webbasedthinking.com