Web 2.0 and the Learning Environment.
Prepared by Trey Martindale, and hopefully you, on February 12, 2008.
What is Web 2.0
- Tim O'Reilly's classic article
- YouTube video explanation
- Wikipedia entry
- Seven Things You Should Know About... blogs, wikis, podcasting, RSS, course management, personal response systems, e-books, Creative Commons, open source, etc.
- Common Craft videos: short video explanations of many tools and processes.
- http://del.icio.us/martindale/web2.0 -- my Web 2.0 links
- The 2007 Web 2.0 Awards
- http://www.go2web20.net/ -- massive collection of services.
Mashups
- Dr. Mashup; or, Why Educators Should Learn to Stop Worrying and Love the Remix. Article by Brian Lamb in Educause Review
- Wikipedia definition
- What is a mashup (video interview and transcript
Social Bookmarking, or "How to be a Librarian in Six Easy Steps".
- Social bookmarking in plain English (Common Craft video)
- http://del.icio.us/
- http://del.icio.us/martindale -- my library of 1300 links.
- http://del.icio.us/martindale/free -- all free stuff.
Course related collections:
Wikis
for knowledge management, information organization, and institutional memory.
- Video: Wikis in Plain English
- A wiki is a piece of server-based software that enables the user to edit a web page via the web browser. There are many variations in terms of types of wikis. A common feature is the easy creation of new wiki “pages” by combining words to form a web link to a new document. Most wikis include a basic shorthand so that users can create web documents without needing to know HTML.
- The most well-known and largest example of a wiki is probably Wikipedia—a vast web-based encyclopedia. Wikipedia is being developed and managed by a large group of vigilant contributors from around the globe. There are many other types of wikis.
- Wikipedia
- Wikibooks
- Wikiquote
- Mediawiki is the free software that runs the above wikis. You need a server to host it.
Free Wiki Services (often with ads)
- PBwiki
- Wikispaces. Free full account for educators
- Wetpaint.com
Good explantory articles:
Other Collaborative Writing
- Zoho: collaborative everything.
- Google Docs collaborative word processing, spreadsheets, and presentations.
Blogs and blogging
for documenting processes, keeping date-stamped records, helping employees connect, and generating ideas and innovations. Blogs are typically "individual-centric" whereas wikis are generally for groups building a common resource.
A blog can take the form of a newspaper, newsletter, journal, public forum, external brain, etc.
Blog features include:
- dated entries, archived content, and commenting
- easily publishing a sophisticated site with search, archives, formatting.
- auto-syndication with RSS.
- images, audio, video.
- http://teachable.org/blog/ - Trey Martindale
- http://www.corante.com/many/ - Many to Many: group blog
Free blog services (they host):
What is RSS and why is it important?
- Video: RSS in Plain English
- RSS (Really Simple Syndication) is a syntax for expressing information in a machine-readable format.
- RSS explained
- RSS compared to email
- Explaining RSS
Sample Feeds
- Trey Martindale's blog : http://teachable.org/blog/index.php/?feed=rss2
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What is an aggregator, and why should I use one?
- An aggregator is a piece of software (client-based or web-based), that collects, displays, and otherwise manages RSS feeds.
- Google Reader
- Bloglines, a web-based aggregator
- http://bloglines.com/public/martindale/
- NetNewsWire, a client aggregator (Mac)
- Awasu (Windows)
- Newsgator, a client and web aggregator (Windows)
Podcasting
Content Management
Video Sharing
Social Networking
- MySpace
- ELGG
- Brandon Hall Network is a free online social network designed for e-learning professionals, consultants, vendors, professors, students, and newbies.