This document discusses using Web 2.0 tools for collaborative learning. It describes how Web 2.0 allows users to share information, collaborate on content, and converse worldwide via tools like blogs, wikis, social networking, bookmarks, photos, podcasts, and microblogging. Examples of each tool are provided. The document discusses why Web 2.0 tools are useful for education as they facilitate critical analysis, participation, communities of knowledge, reflection, motivation, and communication. It argues that wikis in particular support social constructivism and are appropriate for educational delivery.

1. Collaborative Learning using
Web 2.0 tools
Lena Arena - Project Coordinator, DER NSW Sydney Region 9582 2851

2. Web 1.0 vs Web 2.0
Internet was once
mostly about surfing
from one static Web
site to another while
collecting or viewing
data along the way
(Web 1.0)
Web 1.0 a digital
library, largely a
source of
information
wwww – whatever,
wherever,
whenever, whoever.
The read-write web
Web 2.0 users
share information,
collaborate on
content, and
converse worldwide
via social-software
tools.

3. www.wordle.net

4. Web 2.0 tools
Blogs
Wikis
Social Networking
Social Bookmarking

5. Web 2.0 tools
Tagged Photo Stores
Podcasts and vodcasts
Micro-blogging
RSS
Other free Web 2.0 tools

6. • Blogs (short for web logs) are
online diaries.
• Blogs are Web sites that allow
instant communication and
publication and allow for feedback
from readers.
Blogs
https://www.det.nsw.edu.au/blog/670913-dernswsydneyregion/

7. • A wiki is a communal, subject-
specific Web site where users can
add and/or edit content.
• Wikis enable groups of students,
teachers, or both to gather content
and share written work.
Wikis
http://www.wikispaces.com

8. • Real Simple Syndication are called “feeds”:
programs that take content from various Web
sources—news sites, blogs, online journals—
and deliver it in summarised form to the user
(you!)
• In order to subscribe to RSS feeds, you need to
download RSS reader software or use a Web-
based RSS reader. This allows you to access
all your feeds in one convenient location.
RSS
http://www.netvibes.com/carena#General

9. • This allows students and
teachers to build a list of
favourite websites they
can share via the web and
pass on to future classes.
Social
Bookmarks
http://delicious.com/c.arena
http://delicious.com/sharonmcg/

10. • Podcasting enables Web sites
to provide visitors with audio
and/or video recordings that
can be downloaded to a local
computer and watched at any
time and/or listened to on-line.
Podcasts
&
Vodcasts
http://aussiekids.podbean.com/

11. • “social content-sharing sites are sites where
members create profiles, network, and share
opinions, photos, and audio-visual content”.
• Facebook (150 million users worldwide from
170 countries and in 35 different languages )
• MySpace
• Bebo
• Yammer
• Twitter
Social
Networking
https://www.yammer.com/det.nsw.edu.au

12. • Facilitates critical analysis and participation
in publishing
• Allows the creation of educational
communities to store and share knowledge
• Enables student reflection on learning
• Allows celebration of student success
• Increased motivation of students with a wider
audience
Why
Web
2.0?

13. • Great motivator for students
• Easy to monitor
• Allows for creativity and innovation
• Encourages participation of all
students
• Promotes communication between
students, teachers, and parents
• A new, interesting way to learn
Why
use a
wiki?

14. • It’s a very easy to use online
collaboration tool.
• It can be used by students to track
their understanding on the subject you
are teaching – (i.e. Literature
character study, collaborative creative
writing, current events, etc.)
• Peer-reviewed projects
• Group projects
• Collaborative problem solving
Why
use a
wiki?

15. • Public
• Anyone can view and edit your
wiki
• Protected
• Anyone can view your space but
only members can edit
• Private
• Only members can view or edit
your space
Types
of
wikis

16. • Wiki is an example of Web 2 social software.
• They can provide an eLearning environment in which
teachers and learners can maintain control over, and
input into, their own learning.
• The software provides flexible access to resources and
fosters collaboration in a way that enriches educational
delivery.
• Wikis can be used to stimulate thinking outside of
regular class time or as the basis for beginning new
classroom discussions and coming up with new ideas.
• The majority of research findings conclude that social
software tools can be a transformational technology for
teaching and learning.
Are wikis
appropriate
for
educational
delivery?

17. • Wikis are a tool supporting a social constructivist
theory of learning. Social constructivism, a variety of
cognitive constructivism, contends that knowledge is
actively created by social relationships and
interactions, emphasising a collaborative model for
learning.
• This networked learning is particularly suitable for our
Google generation learners, accustomed to formal
and informal ways of getting information that are
asynchronous, fast, free and available on demand.
• Using social software individuals can express their
views and share their expertise. Social software is by
nature open and democratic but not necessarily
authoritative.
Are wikis
appropriate
for
educational
delivery?

21. http://www.go2web20.net/

24. Today’s digital kids think of information and
communications technology (ICT) as something
akin to oxygen: They expect it, it’s what they
breathe, and it’s how they live; They use ICT to
meet, play, date, and learn; It’s an integral part
of their social life; It’s how they acknowledge
each other and form their personal identities
John Seely-Brown, 2004
Learning in the Digital Age; http://www.johnseelybrown.com/speeches.html
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25. Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy

26. Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy

27. Remembering

28. • Web 2.0 in Education
• http://web2educationuk.wetpaint.com/
• Web 2.0 for teachers
• http://web2-for-
teachers.wikispaces.com/
• Breakkie with a Teckkie
• http://hccweb2.org/abt/
Useful
websites

29. A quote for thought…
“…We need to educate our children for their
future, not our past.”
Sir Arthur C Clarke

30. Quote for thought...
“We’ve got to be willing to play where they
play… ... even if we don’t feel comfortable.”
Kevin Honeycutt
(Educator, researcher)