Blogging, microblogging and networking for learning

Frances Bell, f.bell@salford.ac.uk

Image used under Creative Commons License from Edans 1Slide

Purpose of this lectureUnderstand what is Web 2.0

which Web 2.0 services? And how do they connect in networks?

Understand role of blogging, micro-blogging in expanding and sustaining personal learning networks

Understand use of RSS as a networking technology

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Web 2.0

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What is Web 2.0?

Created at Wordle.net http://www.wordle.net/gallery/wrdl/1030296/Web_2.0_article with text from Web 2.0 article http://oreilly.com/web2/archive/what-is-web-20.html

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http://oreilly.com/web2/archive/what-is-web-20.html

Web 2.0 Design Patterns

The Long Tail

Data is the Next Intel Inside

Users Add Value.

Network Effects by Default.

Some Rights Reserved.

The Perpetual Beta

Cooperate, Don't Control

Software Above the Level of a Single Device

Web 2.0Read/write web – consumers and producers

“It's an emerging rule of thumb that suggests that if you get a group of 100 people online then one will create content, 10 will "interact" with it (commenting or offering improvements) and the other 89 will just view it.” http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2006/jul/20/guardianweeklytechnologysection2

What is Web 3.0? ‘semantic web’ that has understanding of its contentsE.g. “Which US Presidents died of disease ?”

http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/the_web/article2726190.ece

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Which Web 2.0 services? And how do they connect

in networks?

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Which Web 2.0 servicesBlogs

Wikis

Microblogging

Tagging and social bookmarking

Multimedia sharing

Audio blogging and podcasting

RSS and syndication

Blogs as networks Using Chris Sessums’ blog as an example

http://eduspaces.net/csessums/weblog/

Blogrolls

Using socialtech as an example http://fraser.typepad.com/socialtech/

Comments

Using francesbell as an example http://francesbell.com/2009/09/18/connectivisms-relationship-to-theory-and-practice/

Linkbacks

RSS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0klgLsSxGsU

MicrobloggingTwitter, Jaiku, Facebook updates

http://twitter.com, search for Salford

140 character limit

Web links

Many clients for PCs and mobile devices – Tweetdeck, Tweeties, etc.

Upload pictures and link e.g.Twitpic

Link to audio e.g. via Audioboo

Role of blogging, micro-blogging in personal learning networks

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http://www.neuroproductions.be/twitter_friends_network_browser/

Twitter networksBuild a trusted network

Give and takeLink posted by trusted node ‘better than search’Amongst social noise, questions asked and

answered

Stream flows by – can’t see it all

Assume all is public

Visualising networksUnderstand 1st and 2nd order connections

Can utilise 1st order connections to get in touch with 2nd order connections

Can use as aid to trimming and growing network

Frances Bell Facebook Friend Wheel Sep 2007, see

http://francesbell.com/2007/09/07/18/

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Frances Bell Facebook Friend Wheel October 2009

IssuesDigital identity / profile

Symmetry of connectionCompare Facebook and Twitter

Public / private

Social/ business/ professional I explored this here

http://francesbell.com/2009/07/23/moving-between-categories-in-online-identity/#more-262

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Resourceshttp://www.jisc.ac.uk/media/documents/

techwatch/tsw0701b.pdf