Web 2.0 Tools in an Educational Environment By Amanda Hartman, Digital Services Librarian
Web 2.0 Tools in an Educational Environment
By Amanda Hartman, Digital Services Librarian
What is Web 2.0
“Web 2.0 is the business revolution in
the computer industry caused by the move to the Internet as a platform, and an attempt to
understand the rules for success on that new platform.”
- Tim O’Reilly
http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2006/12/web-20-compact.html
What Does That Mean?The web used as a tool more than just a
means of delivering information◦Collaboration and Community◦Communication◦Re-organization of information (i.e. tag
clouds)◦Making the web work for you (i.e. RSS feeds
and alerts, asking the ‘hive’)
Meet the PlayersBlogs/Micro-blogsWikisInstant Messengers Social Networks‘Cloud’ computing and bookmarkingRSS feeds
Sounds distracting. This is useful how?
Outreach/MarketingCollaboration/Interaction
◦Going beyond the classroom◦Distance Learning
New ways of finding and organizing Information
Outreach/MarketingReach out to students in a medium
they’re already usingCheap and/or free to setup and maintainTarget specific audiencesIntegration of services
Collaboration“The point of social media is to
turn learning into a more participatory activity.”
– Jane Hart, social media and learning consultant
Blogs, Micro-blogsWikisCloud computing
Finding and Organizing InfoTags
◦Controlled vocabulary◦Folksonomy
CaveatsPrivacy IssuesDistractionCopyrightIncorrect or misleading Information
What JSR Library is doingBlogDelicious BookmarksWikiRSS FeedsFacebookTwitterLibGuides
JSRCC Library BlogURL: http://jsrcclibrary.wordpress.com/ People can find out about new books,
databases, services as well as newsSubscribe with RSS feedComments
enabled
JSRCC Library Facebook Page http://www.facebook.com/pages/Richmond-VA/J-Sargeant-Reynol
ds-Community-College-Libraries/35093874578
Allows students to become our ‘fan’◦We can send messages to our fans
Has an event list for workshops and other special events
Other 2.0 toolsDelicious Bookmarks
◦http://delicious.com/jsrcclibraryWiki for Course Guides
◦http://jsrcclibrarybi.pbwiki.com/ New Book RSS Feeds
◦http://teach.jsr.vccs.edu/library/NewTitles/directory.htm
Twitter◦http://twitter.com/JSRLibrary
LibGuides – Coming Soon!Allows creation of dynamic course and
subject-based guidesIncorporate many web 2.0 tools for
customizationPromotes student participation and
collaborationFor an example of what we will be
creating, see: http://www.springshare.com/libguides/
Further ReadingBreeding, Marshall. "Librarians Face Online Social Networks." Computers in Libraries 27.8 (Sep. 2007): 30-32. Academic Search
Complete. EBSCO. JSRCC Library, Richmond, VA.12 Mar. 2009 <http://search.ebscohost.com.ezproxy.vccs.edu:2048/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=26471867&site=ehost-live>.
Casey, Michael, and Michael Stephens.. "Library PR 2.0." Library Journal 133.17 (15 Oct. 2008): 24-24. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. JSRCC Library, Richmond, VA.12 Mar. 2009 <http://search.ebscohost.com.ezproxy.vccs.edu:2048/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=34909791&site=ehost-live>.
Charnigo, Laurie, and Paula Barnett-Ellis.. "Checking Out Facebook.com: The Impact of a Digital Trend on Academic Libraries."Information Technology & Libraries 26.1 (Mar. 2007): 23-34. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. JSRCC Library, Richmond, VA.12 Mar. 2009 <http://search.ebscohost.com.ezproxy.vccs.edu:2048/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=24655398&site=ehost-live>.
Farkas, Meredith. "Going Where Patrons Are." American Libraries 38.4 (Apr. 2007): 27-27. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. JSRCC Library, Richmond, VA.12 Mar. 2009 <http://search.ebscohost.com.ezproxy.vccs.edu:2048/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=24652763&site=ehost-live>.
Galagan, Pat. "Twitter As a Learning Tool. Really." T+D 63.3 (Mar. 2009): 28-31. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. JSRCC Library, Richmond, VA. 8 Apr. 2009 <http://search.ebscohost.com.ezproxy.vccs.edu:2048/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=36902985&site=ehost-live>.
Harris, Christopher. "School Library 2.0: Say Good-Bye to Your Mother's School Library. The Web Is All about New Possibilities." School Library Journal 52.5 (01 May 2006): 50. ERIC. EBSCO. JSRCC Library, Richmond, VA. 20 Apr. 2009 <http://search.ebscohost.com.ezproxy.vccs.edu:2048/login.aspx?direct=true&db=eric&AN=EJ755125&site=ehost-live>.
Hendrix, Dean, et al. "Use of Facebook in academic health sciences libraries." Journal of the Medical Library Association 97.1 (Jan. 2009): 43-46. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. JSRCC Library, Richmond, VA.12 Mar. 2009 <http://search.ebscohost.com.ezproxy.vccs.edu:2048/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=36635265&site=ehost-live>.
Skiba, Diane J. "WEB 2.0: Next Great Thing or Just Marketing Hype?." Nursing Education Perspectives 27.4 (July 2006): 212-214. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. JSRCC Library, Richmond, VA. 20 Apr. 2009 <http://search.ebscohost.com.ezproxy.vccs.edu:2048/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=21801702&site=ehost-live>.
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