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Intro to ISTC 605/705

Department of Educational Technology & Literacy

+Course Objectives Identify the broader societal and cultural issues, ideas,

and trends surrounding Web 2.0 technologies Understand the current impact of Web 2.0 technologies

within the field of educational technology Select appropriate Web 2.0 technologies for use in

instructionally appropriate settings Describe the technological underpinnings of a variety of

Web 2.0 technologies Manipulate/configure/customize Web 2.0 technologies

using scripting and markup languages such as HTML, CSS, XML,

Create an online learning environment using a variety of customized Web 2.0 technologies

+Course Strategies Readings and discussion

Web 2.0 Exploratorium presentations

Hands-on lab sessions (HTML, CSS, XML)

Final project: create a customized Web 2.0 learning environment

+Course Texts

(approx. 410 pages read)

+Topics What’s 2.0 about Web 2.0? Instructional Design Models for tech integration Social learning Learning management Informal learning + social identity Policy and ethical considerations Getting under the hood: HTML, RSS, XML

+“A new paradigm” (Lankshear & Knobel, 2007)One-way (transmission) vs. two-way

(interaction)Top-down design vs. user designFormal vs. informal Individual vs. collaborative“learning about” vs. “learning to be”“applications” vs. “ethos”

Participatory culture (Jenkins, 2006)

+Technologies Blogs

Wordpress Blogger

Social bookmarking Diigo

Social networking Twitter Edmodo

Learning management Blackboard

Coding languages HTML CSS XML

Wikis Wikispaces

Virtual environments Google Earth Second Life

Visual representation Prezi Wordle Bubbl.us

Multimedia Voicethread GoAnimate Animoto

+Activities

+What is Web 2.0?

Collaboratively create a concept web around the center node: Web 2.0

Include anything you can think of that you currently relate to the concept Web 2.0

+What is Web 2.0, take 2

Using bubbl.us, create your own, individual concept web around the central node (idea), Web 2.0

http://bubbl.us/

Include anything and everything you can think of that relates to Web 2.0

+Final Reflection

Post on WordPress:

1. How has your understanding of Web 2.0 changed over the semester? • Name and discuss at least one idea, topic,

video, reading, discussion, etc. that played a role in changing your thinking.

2. What concept or idea from the semester has stuck with you the most?