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W.B.W.Web 2.0 at Williams
Web 2.0 and its implications for resources and services in IT and
Libraries, more or less
Chris Warren [email protected] ficial.wordpress.com
Database Integration Specialist Office for Information Technology
Williams College
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What's the current status of web 2.0 at Williams? How is it
being used?
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Overview
Overall, limited... BUT• People have really embraced the wiki
(Confluence) for documentation and collaboration among controlled user groups
• We’re continuously experimenting • Individuals and small groups participate in
web 2.0 technologies and activities outside their official capacities
• For students, web 2.0 is simply 'the web'
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Student web 2.0
Hardware: laptops, cellphone, wi-fi
Functionality and Tools:• social networking - Facebook - almost everyone• long video - P2P - unknown• short video - YouTube - unknown• messaging - cellphone text messaging, and
various IM - most• blogging - various (about 1% of student body, as
best can be told)• other - unknown - unknown
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Administrative web 2.0
• wiki for documentation (shared for reading) and collaboration (private)
• OIT security blog, for announcements / alerts• podcasting for Public Affairs, for special
needs• Sustainability blog, for discussion /
dissemination• wiki-ish back-end for library and some of
WWW
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Academic web 2.0
• blogs for classes• Wikipedia as a resource (de facto, not
encouraged / endorsed)• Second Life as a platform (Art Mecho) and an
object of study (the social and philosophical aspects)
• our wiki, for closed discussion and collaboration
• pod- and vod-casting by some individual professors
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Alumni and community web 2.0
• social networking on Facebook et al• professional networking on Linked In et al• Ephblog• WSO forums• Willipedia - the WSO wiki• YouTube• Flickr• individual blogs
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Web 1.7 - not quite web 2.0Tools having some aspects of web 2.0, but falling short
• Blackboard• Digital Storytelling workshops• Daily Messages email tool• data publication sites• Master Calendar• Peoplesoft Self Service• OIT Workshops Signup• Open Seats tool / service• ContentDM
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Under the hoodThe technologies of web 2.0, even if not used for that
• advanced CSS
• AJAX
• data driven
• open APIs
• data streams (RSS, XML, etc)
• standards compliant
• Scriptaculous & Prototype JS
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What we're interested in
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Specific Technologies and Tools
• Google Docs• Flickr• Swivel, FreeBase• Pidgin, iChat• Slideshare• Ning social sites• YouTube publication• Creative Commons
• Wordpress blogs• Wordpress as CMS• del-icio.us• Google Earth - GIS• Google Maps API• RSS - making and
using• Bloglines aggregator
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• Google Docs – collaborative writing, spreadsheets, presentations
• Flickr – photo sharing and finding
• Swivel, FreeBase – sharing datasets and charts
• Pidgin, iChat – instant messaging
• Slideshare – presentation sharing
• Ning – custom social sites
• YouTube – video publication / sharing
• Creative Commons – legalese for content sharing
• Wordpress blogs – electronic publication and discussion
• Wordpress - lightweight CMS
• del-icio.us – social bookmarking and tagging
• Google Earth – lightweight GIS
• Google Maps API - mashups
• RSS creation and consumption – human readable / relevant data streams
• Bloglines – RSS aggregator
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Some we're not using / doing
• micro-blogging (Twitter)
• developing flashy UI
• games (WoW, KoL, ARGs, PMOG, etc.)
• news filters (Digg, Slashdot, etc.)
• review / recommendation systems (GoodReads, Pandora, etc.)
• ITunesU
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Food for Thought
Obstacles, Opportunities, and Ideas
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Obstacles
• adoption – how, and why• support - how and by who• culture - trust, privacy, hierarchy• 1% rule - consumer vs participant• tech environment - very varied• reliability questions (and principles)• lack of self-knowledge• computer focused – vs cell phone et al• limited resources
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Opportunities / Applications
• intra-campus communication• user-based support• cross-group social connections• student connections• content creation / contribution• know thyself• re-cast existing services• customized education experience• bend space and time
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Some Ideas and Observations• We're not promoting web 2.0 to faculty, but trying
to prepare them to survive when all students use it
• The individuals that make up the college community use web 2.0 for themselves even if they don't in their official capacity
• In many ways web 2.0 is more about individuals than groups or organizations
• The cultural attitudes and expectations (connectivity, accessibility, adaptability, etc.) associated with web 2.0 are more important than any particular technologies