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TOP 10: Web-based Educational Technologies…

(as of 5:00pm on October 16, 2008)Ver 3.5

G. Andrew Page, PhDAssistant Professor

College of EducationUniversity of Alaska

Anchorageandrew@uaa.alaska.edu

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-Theoretical Framework-

Web 2.0 tools promoting Learning 2.0

John Seely Brown and Richard AdlerMinds on Fire: Open Education, the Long Tail and Learnng 2.0

(2008). Educause Review, 43,1, 16–32

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Paradigm Shiftin Education

Instead of “I think, therefore I am”

We have evolved to:

We participate, therefore WE ARE!

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Learning 2.0

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About the tools…

• All are free

• All are web-based

• All are collaborative

• All involve creating content

• Andy does not presently for any of them

• Therefore, epistemological they are social constructivist.

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#10 (tie) Zimbio & Digg

What is it?

Zimbio is a collaborative website to share your articles, photos, blog.

Who is it for? Pre-Journalism majors, artists, writers, photographers

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What is it? • A place to share all the interesting

“gems” you find on the Internet, let the online community decide what they “Digg” (or like best) and then join a discussion of its content; a place to meet people with like interests (social networking).

• What’s needed? Reading (no account required); posting (Join! ).

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Digg

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#9 Wikis

What is it? A means for online collaboration and

creation.

• WYSIWYG interface

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#9 Wikis

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#9 Wiki Examples

• The UAA e-Learning Wiki This wiki was created by students and not only DEFINES the Web 2.0 tools but tell HOW they can be used in an educational context.

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What is it?

• An online, collaborative, mind-Mapping tool.

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#8Example

Click to exploreLess structure?

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#7

What is it?

TIE!

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• Community Social Software NING Create you own social network.

• http://uaaelearning.ning.com/

• Higher Education Ning

• UAA Nings

ExamplesTIE!

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What is it?

• Sites where users can interact online through data analysis (Swivel) and visualization

• What’s needed? Exploring (no registration); creating visualizations (registration /Many Eyes…registration /Swivel)

TIE!

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# 6

What is it?• SlideShare is the world's largest community

for sharing presentations on the web. You can • upload your presentations (ppt, pdf, pps, pot,

odp, keynote) and share with others • find/download interesting presentations • embed them into blogs or websites create a

slidecast by linking your slides with audio • And it's completely free.

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# 6 SlideCasting What is it?

The combination of visual and audio. Combine your powerpoint files with audio and stream the presentation over the Web.

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What is it?

Build a Flash website Free!No coding!

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# 5 Wix

Click to explore

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Synchronous Video Interactive ConferencingWiZiQ is a place where you can teach and learn using an easy-to-use Virtual Classroom. You are welcome to give private and public live online sessions, teach for free or earn money teaching. As a learner you can attend public sessions on various topics from academics to anything under

the sun.

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What is it?

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#3 Free Online LearningOpen Courseware

• 100 Free Courses

• Carnegie-Mellon University

Free!

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• Alison: Technology Certification & Free Tutoring

Digital Literacy skills need an upgrade?

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#2 Coursecasting

What is it?

CourseCast captures video-based instructional content, automatically streams it over the Internet and makes it available for students and lecturers alike in all of the popular formats.

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These are someof the institutionswhich are usingPanopto…for FREE.

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And finally…

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Creating Virtual Content & Space

• SecondLife

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SecondLife at the University of Alaska Anchorage

Click

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What is it?• Sloodle is an Open Source GNU-GPL project which

integrates multi-user virtual environments such as Second Life® with learning-management systems (VLEs) such as Moodle® and helps the community of educators in virtual worlds test curriculum innovations and advocate those proven successful. Sloodle provides a range of tools for supporting learning and teaching to the immersive virtual world; tools which are fully integrated with a tried and tested web-based learning management system used by thousands.

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A Sloodle Video

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Final Thoughts. . .

We can only advance as effectively as we can communicate our ideas.

It is incumbent on today’s educators to use tools that promote interactivity, creativity, collaboration, and Learning 2.0.

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Wordle.net

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Honorable Mentions

• Jing : Capture images, record video, and share online.

• Photosynth: create panoramic photo montages.

• Zotero: bibliographic software

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Peace to you!• G. Andrew Page, Ph.D.

• Assistant Professor

• University of Alaska Anchorage

• andrew@uaa.alaska.edu

• (o) 907.786.4331

• (c) 907.223.0924

• PSB 218G

• SKYPE: gapman1

• SL = Eclectic Kohime

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