This document discusses the use of various Web 2.0 tools for education and training purposes. It describes tools for communication like blogs, wikis, podcasts, and RSS feeds. It also outlines Google tools for searching, organizing content, and collaborating. Other tools mentioned include Blogger, Wikispaces, social bookmarks, Facebook, Twitter, virtual classrooms using Skype, Ning for social networks, Flickr for photos, and moblogging. The document advocates adopting these tools to encourage collaboration, sharing of authentic tasks and industry knowledge, and flexible self-paced or mobile learning.
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“Take a look at what the education community is
doing with the Web, for example. They are not
only starting to use the tools of Web 2.0 - blogs,
wikis, podcasts, etc. They’re also adapting to a
new generation of kids who are growing up on
the Web, the so-called ‘Digital Natives’. The
challenge for educators now and for the future is
to learn and teach Internet literacy, converse and
collaborate with their students using Web tools,
and help our children make sense of the huge
amounts of information and media that surround
us.”
http://blogs.zdnet.com/web2explorer/?p=5&tag=rbxccnbzd1
Michael Gwyther 2008
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Stephen Downes
http://www.slideshare.net/Downes/personal-professional-development?type=presentation Michael Gwyther 2008
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Stephen Downes
…This approach to learning means that learning
content is created and distributed in a very
different manner. Rather than being composed,
organized and packaged, e-learning content is
syndicated, much like a blog, post, or podcast.
It is aggregated by students, using their own
personal RSS reader or some similar
application. From there, it is remixed and
repurposed with the student's own individual
application in mind, the finished product being
fed forward to become fodder for some other
student's reading and use…
Michael Gwyther 2008
9. evolutions
Web 1 Web 2
•Webpages •Personal Productivity Tools
•Email •Personal Learning
Environments
•Mash Ups
•Tagging
•Convergence
Michael Gwyther 2008
10. Characteristics of Web 2 communication
• Users with personal profile page features, or comments
about the user by other users.
• Connections between users, via links to other users
who are “friends”, membership in “groups” of various
kinds, and subscriptions or RSS feeds of “updates”
from other users
• The ability to post content in many forms: photos,
videos, blogs, comments and ratings on other users’
content, tagging of own content.
• embedding of various rich content types (e.g. Flash
videos,), and communication with other users
through internal email or mobile phone or from third
party content Michael Gwyther 2008
11. RSS –
„ A web feed format used to publish frequently
updated content such as blog entries, news
headlines or podcasts.
„ An RSS document, which is called a “feed” or
“web feed” contains either a summary of
content from an associated web site or the
full text. RSS is used most commonly to
subscribe to blogs and podcasts.
Michael Gwyther 2008
13. RSS & Training/Communication
„ Distribution of Instructional Content
„ Exchange of Information
„ Publishing Assessments & Tasks
„ Collaboration
„ Brainstorming & Mind Mapping
„ Research
„ Creative Expression/Design
Michael Gwyther 2008
14. Google
• Revise refined searches
• Explore some broader options:
– Groups – browse, join, create
– Reader – organise with RSS feeds
– iGoogle – personalising the web
– Docs – collaborative creation
– Gmail - email
Michael Gwyther 2008
16. Blogger
• Part of Google
• Publish direct to Web
• Publish from Google Docs
• Follow through RSS Feeds
Michael Gwyther 2008
17. Wikispaces
• What’s a wiki?!
• Shared publishing space
• Creating our own collaborative space
• File repository, Forums, Video
Michael Gwyther 2008
19. FaceBook
• free-access social networking website
• Users can networks organized by city,
workplace, school etc
• Users connect and interact with other
people.
• Add friends and send them messages,
and update their personal profiles to
notify friends about themselves
Michael Gwyther 2008
20. Twitter
• Free social messaging utility for
staying connected in real-time
Michael Gwyther 2008
21. Virtual Classroom
• A range of technologies, teaching strategies,
presentations and learning activities which
encourage and promote real time voice
interactions between a group of learners and
trainers online.
Michael Gwyther 2008
22. Skype
• Software application that allows users
to make telephone calls over the
Internet, met in a conference, share
files and text chat.
Michael Gwyther 2008
23. Ning
• Online platform for users to create
their own social websites and social
networks
Michael Gwyther 2008