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Education. Today and Tomorrow. Web 2.0: Imagine the Possibilities. Knowledge is specific content. Learners are empty vessels to be filled with knowledge. Knowledge is created. Learning is a collaborative social endeavor. A Paradigm Shift. Tools for Supporting Relationships. Tools for

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  1. Education Today and Tomorrow

  2. Web 2.0: Imagine the Possibilities

  3. Knowledge is specific content Learners are empty vessels to be filled with knowledge

  4. Knowledge is created Learning is a collaborative social endeavor

  5. A Paradigm Shift Tools for Supporting Relationships Tools for Supporting Individuals

  6. Horizon Report 2007 Key trends affecting higher education—next 5 years • One year or less • Social Networking • User-Created Content • Two-Three Years • Mobile Phones • Virtual Worlds • Four-Five Years • New Scholarship and Emerging Forms of Publication • Massively Multiplayer Educational Gaming

  7. Tools for Collaboration • Communication • Distribution • Organization

  8. Communication Social Networks Instant Messaging, VoIP and Video Conferencing in one simple to use package

  9. Blogs

  10. Distribution • Flickr/Picasa • Share image collections • Slideshare • Upload and share presentations • Wikis • wikispaces • pbwiki • Podcasts

  11. YouTube--TeacherTube Invention of the Year, 2006

  12. Organization • Social Bookmarking (del.icio.us) • Storing, sharing bookmarks--search by tags to find useful Internet research links. • The Penntags project at the University of Pennsylvania (http://tags.library.upenn.edu/) • Harvard’s H2O (http://h2obeta.law.harvard.edu/home.do) • Social Calendaring • Shared agendas for events arrangements and meetings planning • RSS Reader • Personalized homepage

  13. Tools for Collaboration • Blogs • Wikis • Podcasts

  14. What are Blogs? • Web + Logs = Blogs • Web Pages • Automated updating • Reverse chronological postings • May accommodate responses • Internet-specific phenomenon • Incomplete index of blogs • http://blogdex.media.mit.edu/

  15. Instructors Content-related blog as professional practice Networking and personal knowledge sharing Instructional tips for students Course announcements and readings Annotated links Students Reflective or writing journals Assignment submission and review Dialogue for groupwork E-portfolios Share course-related resources Limited Only by Your Imagination

  16. Sample Educational Blogs • Online Research Blog • eCornell Research Blog • Info-Commons Blog • commons-blog • Educational Bloggers Network • EBN blog • Science Blog • Science Blog

  17. Wikis: The ultimate collaboration tool • Special web site • allows visitors to add, remove, edit & change content • Not need access to or knowledge of web publishing software • Collaboration • Group members work on common document in common location

  18. Wikipedia: Collaborative Dictionary Being Edited in Real Time by Anyone

  19. Wiki’s in Education • Econ 482: Stephen Greenlaw • Advanced Artificial Intelligence: Sean Luke • Harvard Law School • Eckerd College

  20. Wikibooks

  21. Boston College • Gerald Kane, assistant professor of information systems • post papers on the wiki to be reviewed by other students before turn in for grade • Create own exam questions and answers—post on wiki for peer editing (pool of 350 questions) • Easily update information as world events change—collaborative effort -Computerworld, 2007

  22. Horizon Project http://horizonproject.wikispaces.com/ Collaborative global project between classrooms in diverse geographical locations • Camilla, GA (10th grade) • Vienna, Austria (11th grade) • Dhaka, Bangladesh (11th grade) • Melbourne, Australia (11th grade) • Shanghai, China (Media Literary)

  23. Podcasting • Pod (iPod) + broadcast = Podcast • Differs from streaming audio • Automatically delivered to player –don't have to click on a link to download • Listen when you want – not when a program is scheduled

  24. Why is podcasting appealing for learning and teaching? • Appeals to the digital natives • Easy and low cost • create • distribute • Caters to different learning styles

  25. Advantages • Students • Review lectures before exams • Listen in on classes they've missed • Replay at own convenience • Non-native speakers replay to increase comprehension • Instructors • Listen to own lectures to improve presentations

  26. Learning & Teaching Applications • Interviews with experts • Oral history projects • Quotes from recorded speeches • Answers to posted questions • Guest speakers / lecture series • Student submissions /portfolios / placement logs

  27. Universities Podcasting • iTunes U (http://www.apple.com/education/solutions/itunes_u/) • Duke University • University of Illinois • Stanford • UC Berkley • Purdue University http://www.itap.purdue.edu/tlt/BoilerCast/ • University of Washington http://www.css.washington.edu/

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