Higher Education in a Web 2.0 World
“... the online lifestyle of young people going into higher education was inescapable”
“... a new sense of communities of interest” “Deployment is in no way systematic and the
drive is principally bottom up, coming from the professional interest and enthusiasm of individual members of staff”
“Advice and guidance is available to institutions, but there is no blueprint for implementation of Web 2.0 technologies, and each is currently deciding its own path”
Report Recommendations
“HEIs support staff to become proficient users of an appropriate range of technologies and skilled practitioners of e-pedagogy, incorporating both into initial staff training and CPD programmes”
“JISC works with the HE funding bodies and Universities UK to explore issues and practice in the development of new business models that exploit Web 2.0 technologies”
Social Networking
Social Networking is about communication If communication is considered to be a
weakness both within BUCS and the University, then maybe social networking tools can help
The report concentrates on use of Web 2.0 in teaching and learning, so we should liaise with LTEO
It may be appropriate to use different tools in a work environment
Advantages Accessible FTP via
attachments Everybody uses it Universally accepted
standard
Disadvantages Not good for
discussions because sender controls readership
Too slow for conversations
Instant Messaging/Microblogging
Good for conversations Less intrusive than a
telephone call IM primarily for private
2-way conversations Microblogging for short
public statements
Limited to short messages
Sites like Yammer may be more appropriate within BUCS
Laconica (Identi.ca)
Friends Sites
Facebook, MySpace, BeBo
Probably not very useful in a business environment
May be useful in Learning and Teaching
Sites such as LinkedIn are targetted at business use
Others
• Media sharing – Flickr, YouTube• Virtual Worlds – Second Life• Social bookmarking - del.icio.us• Syndication – RSS• Trading – E-bay• Wikis - Confluence
Aggregation Sites
• Checking regularly on several social networking sites is time consuming
• Aggregation sites help by consolidating status updates and other changes into one stream
• Sites include Friendfeed, Socal Thing, and Friendbinder
Google Apps
Software-as-a-Service
• E-mail• Calendar• Gtalk – instant messaging• Docs – word processor, spreadsheet,
slides, ...• Video – YouTube for an organisation• Google Sites – file sharing
Google Wave
• Released late 2009• Described as a Real Time Communication
Platform• “combines aspects of email, instant
messaging, wikis, web chat, social networking, and project management to build one elegant, in-browser communication client”
• Open source
Google Wave
• Drag-and-drop file sharing• Applications and Extensions• Waves, wavelets, and blips !• Gadgets and Robots• Embedded Waves
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