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Learning Possibilities: L&T with Web 2.0

Learning Possibilities: L&T with Web 2.0. Dr Kevin Linch. Introduction. Using web 2.0 Blogs (Elgg) Social Bookmarking Wikis What is web 2.0 The experience of HIST2530 Web Research for Historians. HIST2530 Web Research.

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Learning Possibilities: L&T with Web 2.0

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  1. Learning Possibilities: L&T with Web 2.0 Dr Kevin Linch

  2. Introduction • Using web 2.0 • Blogs (Elgg) • Social Bookmarking • Wikis • What is web 2.0 • The experience of HIST2530 Web Research for Historians

  3. HIST2530 Web Research • Outcome: a website on a historical topic of their choice, utilising online resources • Series of learning materials guide them through the process • Blog used for their responses / reflection on the learning materials & their project • Social bookmarkingused to collect and share resources • Wiki used to produce the final website

  4. The Student View • Student comments: • Enjoyed intellectual independence • Liked working as a group • Made them think • Score: • 4.6 out of 5 overall • 5 out of 5 in response to ‘Student participation was encouraged’

  5. Tutor’s View • Changed the tutor-student dynamic • Facilitator not a ‘sage on the stage’ • Much more input from the students into the issues for the class • Get to know the students

  6. Blogs • Log into Elgg • Join the ‘web 2.0’ community blog • First blog: • Say hello & something about yourself • What does web 2.0 mean to you? • Add some tags to your blog (these are important!)

  7. What is web 2.0 • Both a • Technology • Ethos • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Web_2.0_Map.svg • Many features of academic / student community: • network, innovative, focused on the user, freedom, collective intelligence

  8. Using the web • Social bookmarking: • http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=x66lV7GOcNU • Search for some useful websites for your work / discipline Social bookmark them in the web 2.0 community blog

  9. Tags & Projects • Tags • become a way of organising data / thoughts • sharing information with each other • Projects • tags can be used to develop / show the development of ideas • tags have urls so they can be referred to • https://elgg.leeds.ac.uk/hy06dsec/tags/ • http://www.bibsonomy.org/user/hy06dsec

  10. Wiki’s • The ‘final’ product! • https://wiki.leeds.ac.uk/index.php/Ideas_on_using_wikis_for_staff_and_students • https://wiki.leeds.ac.uk/index.php/Web_2.0_in_teaching

  11. More blogging • How could you use web 2.0 in your teaching / role? • Search the web / blog your thoughts / findings • Remember to tag!

  12. Further information • HIST2530 Web Research for Historians • Module Catalogue • Blackboard • Learning Materials - White Rose Enterprise CETL • (Created with David Houlding - davidbholding@btinternet.com)

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