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New E-learning Technologies
Or, building your professional capabilities (and using web 2.0 to help)
Dave Ferguson [email protected]
Cynthia Denton-Ade [email protected]
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Tonight we will explore…
Some e-learning tools
How you can apply them
Opportunities and obstacles
http://flickr.com/photos/jennieb/
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If I could only focus on one e-learning tool, it would be…
Social bookmarks
RSS feed readers
Blogs
Wikis
Social networking
Content sharing
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What is Web 2.0?
Ideas and techniques behind new web sites and services which encourage user interaction, communication, and collaboration http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_2.0
The ‘second generation’ of the World Wide Web
http://www.bardmarketing.com/glossary.php
An umbrella term to what is considered to be the next phase of the evolution of the internet, encompassing technologies such as blogs, wikis and other forms of interaction, development and innovation above and beyond web technologies which have been around since its inception http://absolute-digital.co.uk/glossary.php
Any more definitions
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But the real value may be the ability to form meaningful communities
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And we moved from Learning 1.0
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To Learning 2.0
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The answers out there
Social bookmarks
RSS / Feed readers
Blogs
Wikis
Networking
Content sharing
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Find all this session’s URLs at…
delicious.com/whiteboarddave/astd1108
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Social bookmarks
Memory, to go
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…or let tools do most of the work
Add a bookmarklet to your browser
Details for bookmarklets:
http://delicious.com/help/bookmarklets
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RSS and Feeds
Or, “get-go” versus “go get”
http://www.commoncraft.com/rss_plain_english
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How RSS changes things
Yesterday:
Find worthwhile website
Read stuff
Repeat
Today: Find worthwhile website Add its feed to your reader It’s there.
Confusing photo: ndh / www.flickr.com/photos/neilharvey/Straightforward photo: d_herrera96 / www.flickr.com/photos/dph1110/
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Feed readers
www.bloglines.com/ www.google.com/reader/
www.netvibes.com www.pageflakes.com
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Adding a feed
Via link or icon
Right-click and copy
In reader: “add feed,” paste
Some sites offer multiple feeds
http://tdblog.typepad.com/
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Blogs: more than just talk
Timely content (posts)
Conversation (comments)
Fixed content (pages)
…and content management
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Where to blog
Free sites
WordPress.com (yourblog.wordpress.com)
Blogger.com(yourblog.blogspot.com)
On your own site
Hosting services catering to blogs
wordpress.org/hosting/
daveswhiteboard.com
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Wiki
The simplest online database that could possibly work— Ward Cunningham, developer of WikiWikiWeb
wetpaint.com
pbwiki.com
www.mediawiki.org
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Collaboration via email…
From: DaveTo: 5 PeopleNeed your input for the Blivet Berm project…
From: DaveTo: 5 PeopleNeed your input for the Blivet Berm project…
From: DaveTo: 6 PeopleSo far I have...Any more? Any Qs?
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You might want a wiki for…
Low-cost intranet
Easy access to, updating of documents
Management of meeting notes, team agendas,
group calendars
Cheap, accessible project management
Storing documents viewed or revised
by a large or dispersed team
Adapted from InformationWeek 8/8/05http://tinyurl.com/6exh53
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When a wiki might not work
Complex file formats
No champion / shepherd for the wiki
Collaboration and peer review not appropriate for your group or workplace
Your goals:
Exchange of views
Conversations
Specific authorship
Not collaboratively-produced documents
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Social Networking
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http://computer.howstuffworks.com/facebook.htm
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LinkedIn – Guess the Numbers
1. The average number of connections for people who work at Google is 47
2. The average number for Harvard Business School grads is 58
3. People with more than 20 connections are 34 times more likely to be approached with a job opportunity than people with less than 5.
http://workliteracy.ning.com/forum/topic/show?id=2319680%3ATopic%3A4151
http://www.linkedin.com/static?key=application_directory
Facebook vs LinkedIn: Which is better for business?
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Ning
Work Literacy: Web 2.0 for Learning Professionals
http://workliteracy.ning.com/
Learning Technology Users Group
http://learntug.ning.com/
Fire Engineering Training Community
http://community.fireengineering.com/
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Basics of How to Use Twitter Video Tutorial on Getting Started with Twitter
Introduction to Twitter Twitter in Plain English
Setting Up Your Twitter Account My Quick Start Tips for New Twitterers
Guide for Beginners, Marketers, and Business Owners 17 Ways You Can Use Twitter
What’s Twitter?
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Shared content
Sometimes you find you get what you need
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YouTube
http://tinyurl.com/bj3br
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Flickr
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Creative Commons Search
search.creativecommons.org
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Slide Share
http://tinyurl.c
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Shared documents online
Available from anywhere; share with anyone
http://documents.google.com
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Getting to your documents
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Putting the pieces together
Pick and choose the pieces that work for you
By 713 Avenue http://flickr.com/photos/seven13avenue/