The document discusses some of the key considerations for using technology and web 2.0 tools to promote independent learning. It outlines factors to consider for equipment and hardware usage, including reliability and usability. It also covers network access, communication media, service dialogue, and ensuring learning strategies are usable and effective for different age groups using web 2.0 activities.

2. Humans Wanting to Learn Together

3. Humans Wanting to Learn Together: It is possible!

5. Humans Wanting to Learn Together Equipment/Hardware

6. Use Equipment (Technology) Is Equipment Usable? size, location, availability Is Equipment Reliable? plugged in, broken, robust, Learning? To get equipment working Busyness? To get equipment working

7. Humans Wanting to Learn Together Equipment/Hardware Equipment Operating Software

8. Operate Equipment (Operating Software) Is System Usable? Does the user understand what to do with the system? Is System Reliable? Calibration, Passwords Printers &c Learning? To Operate System Busyness? To Operate System

9. Humans Wanting to Learn Together Network Access Equipment/Hardware Equipment Operating Software

10. Network Access Is Network Usable? Can connections be established? Passwords Is Network Reliable? Speed, Connectivity, Safety, Excess Safety Learning? Networks & Connectivity Busyness? Waiting for Network

11. Humans Wanting to Learn Together Network Access Communication Media Equipment/Hardware Equiment Operating Software

12. Communication Media Is Media Usable? Disabled Students, Equipment Capability, Network Capability Is Media Reliable? Communication, Information, Learning Learning? Media Manipulation, Media Message Busyness? Playing with media

13. Pause: Message in Media

14. Pause: Message in Media Now the suns gone to hell And the moons riding high Let me bid you farewell Every man has to die But its written in the starlight And every line on your palm Were fools to make war On our brothers in arms These mist covered mountains Are a home now for me But my home is the lowlands And always will be Some day youll return to Your valleys and your farms And youll no longer burn To be brothers in arms Through these fields of destruction Baptisms of fire Ive watched all your suffering As the battles raged higher And though they did hurt me so bad In the fear and alarm You did not desert me My brothers in arms Theres so many different worlds So many different suns And we have just one world But we live in different ones

15. Humans Wanting to Learn Together Network Access Communication Media Equipment/Hardware Equiment Operating Software Service Dialogue

16. Service Dialogue Is Service Dialogue Usable? Invoking Service, Navigating Service Communication, Collaboration, Information Exchange Is Service Dialogue Reliable? Passwords, Encryption, Getting Lost, Safe for Education, Trapping Abuse Learning? Service Dialogue, Communication, Information Exchange Collaborative Material Production Busyness? Fighting with Service, Socialising Only, Manipulating Information

17. Humans Wanting to Learn Together Network Access Communication Media Service Dialogue Service Use Equipment/Hardware Equipment Operating Software

18. Service Use? Is Learning Strategy Usable? Materials Accessible, Cohort Coherent, Teachers Accessible Is Learning Strategy Effective? Learning? Learning Communities Mobile Learning Anytime Learning Busyness? Material Production, Constant Availability

19. Age related Web 2:0 activities Age Group Social/Personal Debates Curriculum VC Elementary Working for Teacher Working for Teacher Middle Communities of Interest Working for Teacher Hypermedial Working for Teacher Meet Friends High Existing Social Network: “Facebook” & “MSN” Express Opinions Working for Exams Observe Cultures Adult Elaborate Personal Stories Academic Discussions Thinking Exchange Information