E-Learning And Social Networking Handbook: Resources For Higher Education

Author: Robin Mason, Frank Rennie

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Book: E-Learning And Social Networking Handbook: Resources For Higher Education Author: Robin Mason, Frank Rennie ISBN: 0415426073

ISBN-13: 9780415426077, 978-0415426077

Binding: Paperback Publishing Date: Apr 2008 Publisher: Routledge Number of Pages: 194 Language: English

Overview• This book aims to provide the reader with enough background information to

appreciate the value of social networking, especially for distributed education. Through highlighting the most relevant, interesting, and challenging aspects of e-Learning the book provides practical advice for using social networking tools in course design. This volume covers the following issues of course design using social networking:

*key issues of social networking as an educational technique *designing for a distributed environment *strengths and weaknesses of delivering content in various formats: text, audio and video *specific media: blogging, wikis, podcasting, webcasting *constraints on course design *implementation, evaluation, induction and training

Contents• Chapter1 : Social Networking as an Educational Tool• Chapter2 : Designing for a Distributed Environment• Chapter3 : Selecting the Media Palette• Chapter4 : The Tools in Practice• Chapter5 : Constraints on Course Design• Chapter6 : Evaluating Course Designs and Understanding Its Implications

• Sets the use of social networking in context,not as a revolutionary paradigm shift, but as an evolutionary development of online practices. It also considers existing research and the ways in which research is changing in this area

Chapter1 : Social Networking as an Educational Tool

• What are the tools?• "Web 2.0" is commonly associated with web applications that

facilitate interactive information sharing, interoperability, user-centered design,and collaboration on the World Wide Web. A Web 2.0 site allows its users to interact with each other as contributors to the website's content, in contrast to websites where users are limited to the passive viewing of information that is provided to them.

Chapter1 : Social Networking as an Educational Tool

• Example of social software with relevance to education are :– Wikipedia– Folksonomy sites such as del.icio.us and Flickr– Blogging– Podcasting– E-portfolios– Real-time audio

Chapter1 : Social Networking as an Educational Tool

Social Network Map

• Addresses the detailed issues of distributed environments and the implications for course design.

Chapter2 : Designing for a Distributed Environment

• The purposes of this chapter,we assume the following properties define distributed learning :– The components of the course are distributed across

multiple media and this tends to imply a certain amount of choice of media as well as a tendency towards a student-centred learning approach

– Distributed learning can be used to augment traditional class-room-base courses, to deliver distance education courses or to create wholly online courses.

– Providing flexibility for students in terms of time or location of study is one key aim of the pedagogy of distributed learning.

Chapter2 : Designing for a Distributed Environment

Chapter2 : Designing for a Distributed Environment

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Distributed Learning

Figure : The relationship of e-learning to distributed learning

• Focuses on the media of text, audio, images, and video, and considers how best to use these in different contexts.

Chapter3 : Selecting the Media Palette

Chapter3 : Selecting the Media Palette

Table : Examples of the Application of Distributed Media to Learning Activities

• Is by far the longest chapter as it examines nearly 20 different tools that are used in educational contexts. For each tool, advantages and disadvantages are listed, and a case study of its use in practice is described

Chapter4 : The Tools in Practice

The following is a list of the tools :• Blogs• Wikis• Podcasts• E-portfolios• Social networking• Social bookmarking• Photo sharing• Second Life• Online forums

Chapter4 : The Tools in Practice

• Video messaging• E-books• Instant messaging• Skype• Games• Mashups• Mobile Learning• RSS feeds• YouTube• audiographics

• Looks at limitations and problems in using social networking from three perspective : student, faculty and institutions.

Chapter5 : Constraints on Course Design

• Presents a case for Emergent Design as more appropriate approach to course design than traditional top-down models.

Chapter6 : Evaluating Course Designs and Understanding Its Implications

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• 1. MySpace.com2. FaceBook.com3. Orkut.com4. Hi5.com5. Vkontakte.ru6. Friendster.com7. SkyRock.com8. PerfSpot.com9. Bebo.com10. Studivz.net

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