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Web 2.0: A Turning Point for Education

How Web 2.0 tools can

improve teaching and learning

IT Representatives Network Webinar

January 21, 2009

Raymond Cantin, M. Ed.

Project Manager, English Network

[email protected]

mailto:[email protected]

Web 2.0: Second Generation of the World Wide Web

Also called: The “Read-Write” Web

Two fundamentals aspects:

Content is created by the

end-users

The Web as a platform

(instead of the individual PC)

Web 2.0: A Turning Point for Education. How Web 2.0 tools can improve teaching and learning

Example of Tag Cloud

Web 2.0: The « Personal Media Revolution »

Revolution in user-created

media

A two-way medium

(the Read/Write Web)

The web has unleashed a

sharing phenomenon

Based on contribution,

creation and collaboration

Harnesses collective

intelligence


Examples of Web 2.0 applications

Social Networking

Social Bookmarking

Educational Wikis

Educational Podcasting

Educational Blogging

Social Media Sharing

RSS Feeds

Peer Production News


iTunes U

Extending Learning with iTunes University

iTunes U (created by Apple) is already used by universities like Stanford,

Yale and the MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

It aims to make it easier than ever to extend learning, explore interests

and stay connected with an alma mater


Social networking capabilities used for learning purposes


Enables different types of

learning and teaching settings

(formal, non-formal and

informal);

This is an important driver of

innovation in learning;

Helps students get involved in

creating content, generating

knowledge and sharing

information online;

Students control and create

their personal data and

information; this way, we can

get them to face knowledge

experiences.

Source: http://www.masternewmedia.org/

http://www.masternewmedia.org/

http://www.masternewmedia.org/learning_educational_technologies/social-networking/social-networking-in-education-survey-on-new-generations-social-creative-and-interconnected-lifestyles-NSBA-20071109.htm

RSS: technology that really moves the Web forward

Use RSS feeds to stay informed about your discipline by

classifying interesting Web sites with keywords of tags

RSS data feeds are offered by channel news like CBC,

or by organisations that keep an eye on technology

It allows you to stay informed on your discipline

Podcasts can also be pulled by RSS feeds but their content is audio

instead of text with images


Podcasting: a revolution in education

A podcast is a digital audio file that is delivered to a subscriber via an RSS feed over the Internet and that can be played back on a portable media player an like iPod or a computer

Take your students beyond traditional assignments; they’ll be able to include voice recordings, photos, movies, and sound effects to share their knowledge

You can distribute homework assignments, record book narration or create language lessons that students can review at their own pace

Students are empowered with the flexibility to choose the time and place of listening to educational content


Collaborative knowledge building with a Wiki

A group of students develop a wiki that can

be used as an informational resource for

their group’s assigned topic

The group identifies the major issues central

to their topic and provide a substantive

introduction to those issues

Their content has to be accurate and suppor-

ted with appropriate citations

The wiki should be a collaborative effort with

each participant providing equivalent contributions to the content



The Web 2.0 and Education

Web 2.0 holds remarkable potential for addressing the needs of students,

enhancing their learning experiences through customization, personalization,

and rich opportunities for networking and collaboration*

More and more colleges and universities try to promote scholarly inquiry and the

development/adoption of best practice in Web 2.0 based teaching and learning

*Gabriela Grosseck, West University of Timisoara. “Toward a Pedagogy 2.0”.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/469144/Toward-a-pedagogy-2-0











The Web 2.0 and Education (cont’d)

Web 2.0 changes the formal paradigm of generating and conveying knowledge.

Far from dividing and gettoisating information, Web 2.0 creates new

opportunities of bringing learners together and by connecting, specially through

social networking

Web 2.0 supports the educator with tools that are easy to implement like wikis,

podcasts, online magazines, educational videos, etc

Web 2.0 created a new kind of participatory medium that is ideal for supporting

multiple modes of learning


The Web 2.0 and Education (cont’d)

Students go from passive listening to active involvement

Web 2.0 transforms the traditional methods under which schools operate

Web 2.0 technologies promote interest for learning and motivate students

Students become active factors of their own learning process

Web 2.0 Applications & Tools for the Classroom

Type Function Tools

Communicative To share ideas, information, and creations Blogs

Audioblogs

Videoblogs

IM-type tools

Podcasts

Webcams

Collaborative To work with others for a specific purpose in a

shared work area

Editing/writing tools (Google Apps)

Virtual communities of practice

(VCOPs)

Wikis

Documentative To collect and/or present evidence of

experiences, thinking over time, productions, etc

Blogs

Videoblogs

E-portfolios

Generative To create something new that can be used by

others

Mashups, WebQuests

VCOPs

Virtual Learning Worlds (VLWs)

Reflective To write in a thoughtful and emotionally direct

manner and reflect on one’s personal life

Digital Storytelling

Audioblogs

Videoblogs

Interactive To exchange information, ideas, resources,

materials

Social bookmarking

WebQuests

VCOPs

VLWs

Clickers

PC Tablets

How can the Web 2.0 help teachers

An English teacher sends his students to attend some English grammar

courses with the BBC World Service

(http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/podcasts/gc/)

A French teacher sends his students to watch videos on French

vocabulary with DaylyFrenchPod (www.dailyfrenchpod.com)

Last October, Stanford University was a pioneer while launching its first

podcasts on the all new Apple service, iTunes U

(www.apple.com/education/itunesu)


http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/podcasts/gc/

http://www.dailyfrenchpod.com/

http://www.apple.com/education/itunesu

How can the Web 2.0 help teachers (cont’d)

A physics teacher launches a blog for his college network colleagues, in order to share pedagogical tools, ideas, and advice

He creates the blog on Edublogs (edublogs.org), and then syndicates an RSS feed of resources in physics teaching

In just a few minutes, without going through a college infrastructure,

a blog used to teach physics at college is born

The teacher then offers his students to participate by writing articles


Social Learning

The new Web 2.0 has the ability to support and expand the

various aspects of social learning*

Two main aspects:

Learning about the content

Our understanding of content is socially constructed through

conversations about that content and through grounded interactions

around problems or actions. The focus is not on what we are learning but on how we are learning;

Learning to be

Acquiring the practices and the norms of established practitioners

in that field (acculturating into a community of practice).

*John Seely Brown, Minds on Fire: Open Education, the Long Tail, and Learning 2.0. EDUCAUSE Review, vol. 43, no.1. Jan/Feb. 2008.

http://connect.educause.edu/Library/EDUCAUSE+Review/MindsonFireOpenEducationt/45823


From the Web 2.0 to Learning 2.0

Examples of platforms for the “learning to be”

aspect of social learning

The Faulkes Telescope Project (Astronomy)

Students collaborate in research with professional scientists

They have access to high-powered robotic telescopes

They can make small contributions to astronomy

Promotes collaborative learning in Astronomy

www.handsonuniverse.org


http://www.handsonuniverse.org/

http://www.handsonuniverse.org/

From the Web 2.0 to Learning 2.0 (cont’d)

The Decameron Web (Humanities)

Gives students the opportunity to observe and emulate

scholars at work

It contains source materials, annotations and

commentaries, bibliographies, critical and interpretive

essays, and audio and visual materials

http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Italian_Studies/dweb/dweb.shtml




From the Web 2.0 to Learning 2.0 (cont’d)

Wikieducator

An evolving community of worldwide students intended for the collaborative:

planning of education projects linked with the development of free

educational content (e-learning)

work on building open education resources (OERs) on how to create

OERs

networking on funding proposals developed as free content

project launched by the Commonwealth of Learning (Vancouver)

http://wikieducator.org/


http://wikieducator.org/

Social Interaction to Learning

Landmark study of students’ college/university experience*

One of the strongest determinants of students’ success in higher

education was their ability to form or participate in small study

groups

They were more engaged in their studies, better prepared for

class, and learned significantly more than students who worked

on their own

“The emphasis on social learning stands in sharp contrast to the

traditional Cartesian view of knowledge and learning”

*Richard J. Light, Making the Most of College : Students Speak Their Minds. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2001.


Two perspectives, two views of learning*

Cartesian view of learning: knowledge is a kind of substance

Pedagogy concerns the best way to transfer it from teachers to students, via various pedagogical strategies

Premise: “I think, therefore I am”

Social view of learning: “We participate, therefore we are”

Shifts the focus of our attention from the content to the learning activities and human interactions around which that content is situated

This perspective explains the effectiveness of study groups: they learn from their peers, and sometimes play the role of the teacher. One of the best ways to learn something is to teach it to others

Students become active contributors

*John Seely Brown, Minds on Fire: Open Education, the Long Tail, and Learning 2.0. EDUCAUSE Review, vol. 43, no.1. Jan/Feb. 2008.


Web 2.0 Resources

Classroom 2.0

A social network for educators interested in Web 2.0

http://www.classroom20.com/

College 2.0

Higher Education, Online Education and Web 2.0

http://college2.ning.com/

A list of Educational Social Networks

http://socialnetworksined.wikispaces.com/

Coming of Age

A downloadable book (PDF) on the use of Web 2.0 tools in the classroom

http://comingofage.ning.com/




http://college2.ning.com/





Web 2.0 Resources (cont’d)

NextGen Teachers

Educators connecting to explore the next generation of teaching and learning

http://nextgen.ning.com/

Online Articles about Web 2.0 and Education

Innovate, Journal of Online Education

http://innovateonline.info/index.php?view=issue

Campus Technology: High Ed, Online Ed and Web 2.0

http://campustechnology.com/home.aspx

Educause Review: Award-winning Magazine for High Ed and IT Community

http://connect.educause.edu/er

Podcasts on Web 2.0

Teaching with the Web 2.0:

a Vitrine Technologie-Éducation interview with Peter Rawsthorne

http://ntic.org/accueil.php3?lang=en





http://innovateonline.info/index.php?view=issue

http://campustechnology.com/home.aspx

http://connect.educause.edu/er

http://ntic.org/accueil.php3?lang=en


Web2Learning

For Teachers interested in using Web 2.0 technology

to enhance online teaching and learning activities http://web2learning.ning.com/main/authorization/signIn?target=http%3A%2F%2Fweb2learning.ning.com%2F

Teachers 2.0

For teachers in the digital age

http://teachers20.ning.com/

Will Richardson, Web 2.0 and Education

An outstanding educator and the author of the recently released

Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms

http://weblogg-ed.com/keynotes-and-workshops/

Slideshare Web 2.0 Presentations

http://www.slideshare.net/markwoolley/web-20-tools-for-your-classroom-right-now/

http://www.slideshare.net/markwoolley/web-20-tools-in-your-classroom

http://www.slideshare.net/jbrenman/shift-happens-33834


http://web2learning.ning.com/main/authorization/signIn?target=http%3A%2F%2Fweb2learning.ning.com%2F

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Conferences

ICE Conference

Technology event in Canada, bringing together IT professionals to

inspire, connect and educate on the latest technology convergence

and business methods, trends, and tools.

http://www.iceconference.com/

Next-Gen.Edu

Last year’s conference focused on teaching and learning in the new

Web 2.0 world (Boston, July 2008)

http://campustechnology.com/mcv/events/conference/Summer08/






Questions?

Thanks for your

participation!

Raymond Cantin

Project Manager, English Network

[email protected]

Tel: (514) 332-3000, ext: 6028

mailto:[email protected]

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