use of web 2.0 tools for e-learning
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Use of web based tools for E-Learning
Dr Hiran AmarasekeraDepartment of Forestry and Environmental Science
University of Sri Jayewardenepura
Three initial concepts
Knowledge society
Generation Y
Flat world
Knowledge Society
"Knowledge is of two kinds. We know the subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information on it."
-- Samuel Johnson
Students = Echo boomers Generation Y
Echo Bommers (Generation Y)
Up to 80 Million “Echo Boomers” (Generation Y)
These are the children of the “Baby Boomers”
entrepreneurial, global
best educated; both men and women
computers are a primary language
Mobile phones, sms are common
They grow up with economic prosperity
They are not afraid of challenging managers
Internet, mobile phones
Do not blame technology or young generation
Prepare materials for this new media and new generation
World is flatA book by Thomas Friedman
1989 PC – Windows – individual contenet creation
1995 Internet – email – browser – fiber optics
Work Flow collaboration – individual content uploading
Web applications Open-sourcing (free knowledge) Out-sourcing
World is flatA book by Thomas Friedman
Web applications – gmail, fickr, google docs
Open-sourcing (free knowledge) Out-sourcing
http://academicearth.org/lectures/the-world-is-flat
World is flatA book by Thomas Friedman
BECAUSE OF INDIVIDUAL CONTENT CREATION:
WORLD HAS CHANGED FROM
VERTICAL SYSTEM (COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEM TO
HORIZONTAL SYSTEM
Eg Encyclopedia Britannica to Wikipedea
Three rules in the flat world
Whatever can be done will be done
eg. By Sabaragamuwa and USJ
Individual imagination matters
Learn to collaborate
WIIFM: What’s in it for me?
1. Traditional web and web 2.0 1. Traditional web and web 2.0
2. Key web 2.0 applications/ services2. Key web 2.0 applications/ services
3. Popular sites for learning3. Popular sites for learning
4. Starting collaborative web sites 4. Starting collaborative web sites
Have you used?
Google Blogging – blogger, wordpress Wiki – wikipedia, wikispaces Mutimedia sharing – flickr, youtube Podcasting – itunes VLE s – moodle, blackboard. webCT Social Bookmarking – delicious, digg Social Networking – hi5, facebook,
WIIFM: What’s in it for me?
Three target groups
Group 1Group 1 Group 2Group 2 Group 3Group 3
Just listen and learn the new technologies available
Try some of these things to enhance your internet browsing experience
Start web 2.0 based eLearning
Traditional E-learning (web 1.0)
Computer-based training – (1980s) use of single or few computers for learning
Static content web sites – Dynamic content web sites – Database-backed websites providing
information tailored to the viewers particular requirements.
Course Management System (CMS)
The traditional approach to e-learning Web application runs on a server Students can access the system from
anywhere with an internet connection Easy way to upload course materials, hold
online discussions, chats, give quizzes
Moodle – Free and Open Source CMS
Download free at www.moodle.org or www.sourceforge.net
Moodle eLearining site at www.cometolanka.com/learn
Moodle eLearining site at www.cometolanka.com/learn
Web 2.0
Traditional web - merely browsing the internet after searching search engines
Web 2.0 - User generated content
Users can contribute and shape the content of the web by means of blog posts, podcasts, wikis, sharing photos and videos
Big ideas behind web 2.0
1. User generated content 1. User generated content
2. Harnessing collective intelligence2. Harnessing collective intelligence
3. Open data3. Open data
4. Data on an epic scale4. Data on an epic scale
E-learning 2.0 – New approach to eLearning
coined by Stephen Downes
Use of tools and web services - such as blogs, wikis, and other social software - to support the creation of learning communities.
E-learning 2.0
Learning is centered around the interests of the learner
This learning is immersive – learning by doing
The computer connects the student to the rest of the world
Technologies to enhance teaching
Wikis Tagging, Socialbookmarking
Key services and
applications
Web 2.0
RSS
Blogs
Multimediashareing
Podcasting
Social NetworkingNewer
Applications
Blogging - web log publishing
Blog is an abbreviated version of "weblog“ website that contains diary- type written
material, links or photos being posted all the time, usually by one individual, on a personal basis
Blogging is increasingly used in education (both in school and university), because it is easy to publish.
Facilitate feedback, by letting readers add comments
Example blog sites
http://environmentlanka.blogspot.com http://forestrystudents.blogspot.com http://forestrysymposium2005.blogspot.com http://classblogmeister.com/blog.php?blog
ger_id=99657
Ranked 8 on
google.com
Blog software -obtain a free blog
www.blogger.com
www.wordpress.com
www.edublogs.org
www.classblogmeister.com
www.blogger.com
Wikis
www.classblogmeister.com
Wikis
Web sites that can be collaboratively updated using only a web browser.
Enable group development of ideas and information sources.
Eg Wikipedia (http://wikipedia.org). Start your own wiki for your class for free
at www.wikispaces.com
Wikipedia.org
wikipedia.org online encyclopedia
read articles on “any” subject, and also can edit them.
Wikipedia is not a source so reliable you can cite it in real academic papers.
However, it has wealth of information - more than a million user-written articles
good starting point for research on new topics.
Multimedia Sharing
History of the wiki edits
Tagging and Social Bookmarking
Tag is a key word that is added to a digital object
Social Bookmarking – Find new web sites
Search engines like Google can find material using keywords
Social Bookmarking allow users to highlight their best sites
Sharing bookmarks Provide you the collective intelligence of
other users Help you find things that you never knew
existing, but wished you did.
Social Bookmarking sites
http://del.icio.us
http://www.digg.com
http://stumbleupon.com
www.delicious.com
www.digg.com
Multimedia sharing
Photo sharing - Flickr.com
Publish digital photography to a wider audience.
Valuable resource for images for use in presentations, learning materials
Commenting function allows for feedback.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/environmentlanka/
• Register to flickr, • upload your photos. • Join a group named “University of Sri Jayewardenepura”. • Post your photo to this group within the
flickr.
www.flickr.com
Webcasts and videocasts streaming video on the internet.
youtube.com video.google.com
Video Sharing
You Tubewww.youtube.com
teachertube.com
www.slideshare.net
Screencasting
Record your presentation and upload to slideshare.net
RSS feedsRSS feeds
RSS Feeds
Rich Site Summary or Really Simple Syndication
allows users to subscribe to websites that provide RSS feeds such as blogs and news sites
When new content is added, a software program called an aggregator automatically pulls in the feeds.
Common news aggregator is Bloglines at www.bloglines.com.
www.google.com/reader
Bloglineswww.bloglines.com
Google Readewww.google.com/reader
Educational applications of RSS Feeds
Professional Developmentkeep-up-to-date on a wide variety of subjects from leading experts in the field. You get closer to the leading edge of what is going on the particular field.
Time Saving You can track more information in a shorter period of time. Now you do not have to
spend a large amount of time surfing the internet for topic specific content. Information coming from contrasting sources
You could subscribe to feeds from different parts of the news world about a current event in the news to compare and contrast the information and/or to check to see if there were any biases.
Sharing what you are doing with other educatorsAny teacher can share information with thousands of other teachers using a blog or webpage with RSS technology.
RSS feeds will have a major impact on the way we receive our information in the future.
Start Pages
Start pages provide a desktop that can host all of a user's most common Web information such as news, weather, e-mail, RSS feeds, and more, all in a single user-controlled Web page.
Podcasts
Podcasting
Distribution of audio files on the web
This has become a popular technology in education, because it provides a way of distributing educational content to learners.
Tools for podcasting
You need iPod software Download at www.apple.com/itunes Goto iTunes Music Store from within
iTunes Click on Podcasts
Social Networking – www.hi5.com
Professional social network
Other web 2.0 applications
3d Virtual reality site http://www.secondlife.com
Post things you do http://www.twitter.com
Post or find events http://www.upcoming.org
Secondlife.com
Top sites for enhance teaching and learning
Lots of internet resources that can give you a quality education every day, free knowledge is available all around us.
free audio and video lessons
University of California, Berkeley in USA is ranked as one of the best colleges in USA and in the world.
Podcasts - lectures in mp3 format can download these Podocasts in as mp3 files and listen
to them using ipod player or winamp in windows. Webcasts - courses with video. You can be in the classroom with the students watching
or hearing some amazing teachers and accomplished professionals.
http://webcast.berkeley.edu/courses
MIT Open Courseware – free online courses
MIT web site gives away course materials, including syllabi, lectures, assignments and reading materials free.
free and open educational resource (OER) for educators, students, and self-learners around the world.
http://ocw.mit.edu
google.com
most accurate, and widely accepted search engine today.
Other online software Google images (search images) Google video (search and download videos for free) email (with Gmail), cartography (Google Maps), literature (Google Book Search) Google Earth, an incredibly detailed virtual globe. Picasa (photo browsing and editing) google desktop search (good search engine to search
your personal computer)
Amazon.com
Online retailer of mainly books, CDs, VCDs
Considered as the earth's biggest bookstore, you can order books if you have a credit card.
You can browse through the world's most popular books in any subject and become reader of the very recent books published.
Sourceforge.net
Freeware Applications Free and Open Source Software (FOSS)
is becoming very popular, most often as Microsoft alternatives.
Mozilla Firefox browser is accepted as better product than MS Internet explorer.
contains lots of free software.
100+ Free Websites to find out about Anything and Everything
100+ Free Websites to find out about Anything and Everything by Jane Hart
Things you can try
Create a blog at blogger.com
Create a wiki at wikispaces.com
Get your RSS feeds using www.bloglines.com
Or google reader www.google.com/reader
Things you can try
Share your photos at www.flickr.com Create your profile at www.linkedin.com Find new web sites using http://del.icio.us
or www.digg.com Download podcasts and webcasts for
lectures Setup start page to www.netvibes.com
Knowledge Revolution
Victory will go to the Smartest Individuals, Companies and Nations