Web 2.0 and the Academic Environment

Web 2.0 and the Web 2.0 and the Academic EnvironmentAcademic Environment

Sidney AndrewsMay 07, 2008

IntroductionIntroduction

A little about me.Why are we here?

◦What is the academic environment?◦What will I get out of this?

What are we going to do?◦Discuss◦Participate◦Share

Web 2.0Web 2.0

A few notable features that separates web 2.0 sites from web 1.0◦Collaboration◦User Interaction (Creativity)◦Sharing Data

The web is moving away from it’s previously static existence

Two Articles◦http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/oreilly/tim/news/20

05/09/30/what-is-web-20.html◦http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_2

Today’s Featured ToolsToday’s Featured Tools

SlideSharedel.icio.usTwitterGoogle ReaderWikidot

SlideShareSlideShare

Share Powerpoint slideshowsOpen to the publicEmbed presentations in websitesView & download presentationsTrack your presentation statistics and

commentsPrivacy

◦You can make it impossible to download your presentation

◦You can make the presentation only visible to a friends list

del.icio.usdel.icio.us

Social bookmarking◦Bookmark pages online◦Share bookmarks with other users◦Bookmark pages FOR other users◦Bookmarking community

PortableIntegrated into FirefoxTag Bookmarks

TwitterTwitter

Emerging Coverage of this tool◦http://chronicle.com/weekly/v54/i25/25a01501.htm

Instantly communicate with other usersCommunication Model

◦A leader sends a message and all of the “followers” receive it

Classroom Use◦Share information with students outside of class

Works with text messages if students so chooose

Google ReaderGoogle Reader

RSS FeedsMost common use of Web 2.0Scan Articles QuicklyRSS Link provided by most blogs and

news sitesMost popular tool

WikidotWikidot

Free wiki hostingShare information amongst colleaguesUseful as a tool in a courseLong-term storage of informationGreat way to start new research

Blackboard?Blackboard?

You already have a Web 2.0 tool◦Students can interact and submit information

using Blackboard◦There are discussion boards available for

communication between students and instructors

◦Dynamic site that is constantly changing as your course progresses

ImplementationImplementation

Two main areas◦The department

Collaboration on research Sharing web resources Sharing presentations

◦The classroom Instant data sharing with students Expose students to more information than where

they normally look Obtain independent information from the students

Discussion & Questions?Discussion & Questions?

Tools Discussed◦SlideShare◦del.icio.us◦Twitter◦Google Reader◦Wikidot◦Blackboard

Remember that you have to take time to play around with the tools and decide for yourself what would benefit your department, group or class

Thank YouThank You