Overview Blogs Wikis

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Engaging today's learner

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Steriogram video


"A junior at the university, Eric wakes up and peers at his PC to see how many instant messages (IMs) arrived while he slept. Several attempts to reach him are visible on the screen, along with various postings to the blog he's been following. After a quick trip to the shower, he pulls up an eclectic mix of news, weather, and sports on the home page he customized using Yahoo. He then logs on to his campus account. A reminder pops up indicating that there will be a sociology quiz today; another reminder lets him know that a lab report needs to be emailed to his chemistry professor by midnight. After a few quick IMs with friends he pulls up a wiki to review progress a teammate has made on a project they're doing for their computer science class. He downloads yesterday's chemistry lecture to his laptop; he'll review it while he sits with a group of students in the student union working on other projects. After classes are over he has to go to the library because he can't find an online resource he needs for a project. He rarely goes to the library to check out books; usually he uses Google or Wikipedia. Late that night as he's working on his term paper, he switches back and forth between the paper and the Internet-based multiplayer game he's trying to win." Oblinger, D., & Oblinger, J. (2005). Is It Age or IT: First Steps Toward Understanding the Net Generation. In D. Oblinger & J. Oblinger (Eds.), Educating the Net Generation (Vol. 2005, pp. 10-29): EDUCAUSE. [1]


Herald survey


"Oliver and Goerke report on a survey indicating that some 88% of undergraduate students use Instant Messaging, 30% use blogs, and 22% podcasts. Some 4% lacked internet access outside of the University, 96% own a mobile phone, and 70% have an MP3 player". Oliver, Goerke (2007) "Australian undergraduates' use and ownership of emerging technologies: Implications and opportunities for creating engaging learning experiences for the Net Generation" Australian Journal of Educational Technology 23(2), 171-186 via Mark Nichols E-BCNZer


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Web 2.0 technology (Social Software)

“Web 2.0, a phrase coined by O'Reilly Media in 2004, refers to a perceived second-generation of Web-based services—such as social networking sites, wikis, communication tools, and folksonomies—that emphasize online collaboration and sharing among users."


Web 1.0

Web 2.0

Published by authorities / organisations / content providers. (e.g. Unitec website)

Published by users. Encourages participation.(e.g. Unitec lecturer or student writing a blog)

Provides static information (that may be regularly updated)

Basically IS a flow of current information. Pages are dynamically updated.

Aims to provide reliable / official information (i.e. Britannica Online)

Relies on personal opinions, social networks (i.e. Wikipedia)

Publishing requires expert knowledge (web authoring tools) and access to a web server.

One click publishing. Freely available to anyone. Easy to customise.

Focuses on providing content.

Moves beyond content towards communication, interaction and participation.

Information is “owned” and can’t be easily reused.

Is modular, pieces of information can be exchanged and reused through RSS syndication.

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Blogs

  • Blog is short for “weblog”.
  • A website that enables “one click” publishing using a web browser.
  • Blog entries are usually arranged in chronological order.
  • Can be freely created and hosted for free by blogging service providers (Blogger, Wordpress, LiveJournal, etc).


A blog can be used as…

  • Personal online journal
  • Extensive evidence for educational potential (as students’ reflective learning journal)
  • Lecturer’s information publishing channel
  • Organisation’s information publishing channel


Examples:

  • Blog as a personal reflective journal / project documentation:
  • Blog as lecturer's information channel


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Wikis

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  • a simple editable website (read & write web)
  • good for groups working together on a project
  • possible to integrate different types of media
  • A lot of freely available hosting services
  • The most famous wiki example is Wikipedia (http://wikipedia.org)


Wikis in Plain English video on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dnL00TdmLY


Examples:

http://tafepodcasts.wikispaces.com/digitalarts9
http://tafepodcasts.wikispaces.com/childbooks

http://digitalindustry.wikispaces.com/
http://roarkesaimiareport.wikispaces.com/Introduction

http://uistudents.wikispaces.com/
http://evogaming.wikispaces.com/

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Podcasting

  • Podcast essentially is an audio blog (also follows chronological format)
  • The name “podcast” derives from Apple’s iPod (one of the first portable mp3 players)
  • Podcasts can be subscribed to and downloaded to your computer or a portable music player (it doesn’t have to be an iPod)
  • You can create a podcast (and record your audio sessions) online in one of the freely available services


Podcasts are useful…

  • Podcasts can be listened to at your own time (i.e. while commuting to work).
  • Lectures could be recorded and made available for students to download.
  • Students could start their own radio channel, as a study assignment, at virtually no cost.


Examples:

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