The Value of User Experience (from Web 2.0 Expo Berlin 2008)
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Social SoftwareIn-Practice Multi-professional Learning Pilots (IMPL)
Bertha Low
IM&T Co-ordinator
West Midlands Library Services Development Unit
Workforce Deanery
IMPL Pilots
• On-site training sessions
• Support of a contact library
• IMPL Website http://impl.wetpaint.com/ a collaboration of health library staff in the West Midlands
Agenda
• To introduce a selection of Web-based knowledge management software which can support IMPL
Objectives• To give an overview to web-based knowledge
management technologies, incl. RSS, weblogs, wikis, and social bookmarking
• To provide hands-on experience to these technologies• To explore examples of learning projects using
technologies• To discuss potential barriers of using technologies in
in-practice multi-professional learning
(1) Social Bookmarking
Social Bookmarking
• Practice of …– storing bookmarks of Internet resources– assigning personal keywords (i.e. tags)– sharing bookmarks and tags with other users
• Tag clouds
Social Bookmarking• Tools, e.g.
– del.icio.us <http://del.icio.us> – Furl <http://furl.net/> – Connotea <http://connotea.org> – CiteULike <http://citeulike.org> – Flickr <http://flickr.org> – Slideshare http://slideshare.net– Plus many more …
Social Bookmarking• Benefits
– BOTH private and public– Social
• Sharing by users, or by tags, or by both– Searchable– Syndication of tags by RSS– Managed environment
• Privacy, groups, moderation
Reference:Hirst T. [2007] “7 practical things: social bookmarking.” Available at:
http://www.slideshare.net/psychemedia/7-things-about-social-bookmarking/1
Social Bookmarking• Activities
– Register with del.icio.us– Install del.icio.us toolbar widget for quick bookmarking– Display your favourite Web pages and click on the
widget– Enter your tags, decide share / not share, and submit
bookmarks– Browse other tags or other users to explore
bookmarks of your interests
(2) RSS
RSS (Newsfeeds)• Really Simple Syndication or Rich Site
Summary • A format for syndicating content on the
Web in XML• Help keeping you up-to-date with the
content from multiple Web sites on a single page or point of access
RSS• Lever L. (2007) “RSS in plain English.”
[video] Commoncraft, 20th April, 2007. Available at: <http://www.commoncraft.com/rss_plain_english> [Alternatively http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0klgLsSxGsU]
RSS• RSS aggregators / readers
– Web-based e.g. • Bloglines.com <http://www.bloglines.com/> • Google Reader <http://www.google.com/reader> • NLH My Library <http://www.library.nhs.uk> (require ATHENS ID)
– Desktop e.g.• FeedReader <http://www.feedreader.com/> • NewsDesk <http://www.wildgrape.net/>• Radio Userland <http://radio.userland.com/>
– Plus other ways …
RSS• Subscribing RSS feeds
• Searching for RSS feeds– NLH RSS Directory <http://
www.library.nhs.uk/rss/default.aspx>
– Technorati <http://www.technorati.com/>
– Your RSS aggregator / reader
RSS• Examples
– CMO (DH) <http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Rss/Rss?Feed=DH_076660>
– BMJ <http://www.bmj.com/rss/>– IMPL Web site <http://impl.wetpaint.com/> – PubMed search
– Mayo Clinic Podcasts <http://www.mayoclinic.org/podcasts/> – Cleveland Clinic: HealthEdge
<http://www.clevelandclinic.org/healthedge/>
RSS
• Benefits– Simple to use– New content comes to you when you need
them– Reducing the need to individually re-visit sites
of interest for changes or additions
RSS
• Activities– Register with Bloglines.com– Find RSS feeds for your favourite Web sites– Subscribe to these feeds using Bloglines.com– Start reading them
(3) Weblogs
Weblogs• Online journals with a subject without the need of being
tech-savvy• Dated entries, i.e. posts, are arranged in reverse
chronological order• Categorisation of posts• Tagging the content of posts• Syndication of content by RSS• Readers may leave comments• Posts are archived• Single or multiple authors
Weblogs• Tools
– Hosted, e.g.• Blogger <http://www.blogspot.com>• WordPress <http://www.wordpress.com>
– Locally installed, e.g.• WordPress <http://www.wordpress.com> • Typepad <http://www.typepad.com/> • Moveable <http://www.movabletype.org/>
Weblogs• Tools
– Blog search engines• Google Blog Search <http://www.google.co.uk/blogsearch?hl
=en> • Technorati <http://www.technorati.com/> • Fagan Finder Blogs and RSS Search Engines
http://www.faganfinder.com/blogs/ • Any Web search engines• Plus many more …
Weblogs
• Benefits– Easy to create, maintain and update– Syndicating of blog entries by RSS– Current awareness– Community building (incl. sharing knowledge,
disseminating news, discussions)
Weblogs• Examples
– Personal– Community
• dentalblog.com <http://www.dentalblogs.com/>– News
• North Staffordshire Health Library <http://hlnews.blogspot.com/> – Education
• Clinical Cases & Images <http://clinicalcases.blogspot.com/2005/07/other-cases.html>• 3CsT2 <http://3cst2.wordpress.com>
– A combination of purposes• E-Learning in the Faculty of Dentistry (UBC) <http://weblogs.elearning.ubc.ca/tst/ >
– Plus many more …
Weblogs
• Activities– Choose a blogging tool– Register with the blogging tool– Come up with a title for your Weblog– Select your Weblog template (background)– Start blogging!
(4) Wikis
Wikis• Lever L. (2007) “Wiki in plain English.”
[video] Commoncraft, 29th May, 2007. Available at: http://www.commoncraft.com/video-wikis-plain-english [Alternatively http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dnL00TdmLY]
Wikis• A Web-based application to allow for easy and fast
collaborative development of a website without the need of being tech-savvy
• Any member of a community can add to or edit the work of others
• Discussion attached to wiki pages• Track recent changes by RSS• History of page revisions• Syndication of edits and discussion by RSS
Wikis• Tools
– Hosted wiki farms, e.g. • PbWiki <http://www.pbwiki.com/>• Seedwiki <http://www.seedwiki.com/> • Wetpaint <http://www.wetpaint.com/> • Wikispaces <http://www.wikispaces.com/>
– Locally installed wiki software, e.g. • Mediawiki <http://www.mediawiki.com/> • Twiki <http://twiki.org/>
Wikis• Uses of wikis
– As Web site• IMPL Pilots <http://impl.wetpaint.com>
– As knowledgebase• Wikipedia <http://www.wikipedia.com> • Wikiversity: School: Medicine <http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/School:Medicine> • Wikibooks: Emergency Medicine <http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Emergency_Medicine>• EBM Librarian <http://ebmlibrarian.wetpaint.com/>
– As project management tool• ALA 2006 New Orleans Conference Wiki <http://meredith.wolfwater.com/ala2006/index.php?title=Main_Page>
– As collaboration by many• IMPL Pilots <http://impl.wetpaint.com>
– As instruction manuals, subject guides etc.• Dental Education Wiki <http://www.ovidiu.ca/wiki/wikka.php?wakka=GeneralDentistryWiki>
– As staff communication or intranet• University of Minnesota Libraries Staff Website <https://wiki.lib.umn.edu/>
Rothman D. (2007) “List of medical wikis.” davidrothman.net, last update 21st August, 2007. Available at: <http://davidrothman.net/list-of-medical-wikis/>
Wikis• Benefits
– Easy to create, maintain and update
– Anyone can make changes (democratic)
– Searchable and browsable– Syndicating– Fostering collaboration with
communities
• Criticism– Too open– Disorganised– No control
Wikis
• Activities– Choose your wiki tool– Seed your wiki with structure and content – Create documentation and policy for your wiki
(in the long term)
Part 5: Summary
Summary• Buzzwords …
– Web 2.0– Read-write Web– Social Web …
• Simple publishing• Newsfeed publishing• Tagging• Author-and-reader communicating• Collaborating• Sharing
(6) Discussion
Discussion• What are the potentials of social software
in facilitating multi-professional learning in your practice?
• What are the possible barriers of using social software in your practice?
• What would be your next step(s) forward?