July 28-Aug 1

 

Overview:

 

 

   1. Learn more about Learning Objects within Blackboard

   2. See demonstrations of third-party Web 2.0 technologies

   3. Discuss and explore research options with colleagues to explore impact of Web 2.0 technologies on teaching and learning

 

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Day 1 - Intros and faculty propsal overview

Day 2 - Based on faculty input -- give overview of "Tools of Interest"

Day 3 - Practicing and playing with tools -- building with tool in course

Day 4 - Ditto

Day 5 - Wrap up and presentation of what faculty have built or learned so far. Planning and arranging for follow-up with faculty

 

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Day 1 – Introductions, Discussion of project ideas, Very basic overview of Web 2.0 tools (how current faculty are using could go in here), Attendees go home and return with 2 to 3 Web 2.0 technologies that they would like to explore in a more in-depth manner.

 

Day 2 – Tool presentations - IDs use feedback from attendees as well as other tools that might be utilized to create the training for Days 2, and 3.  For example:  Day 2 might have lectures covering blogs and wikis – what they are, how they are being used, pedagogical support, etc. with the IDs taking questions throughout and an hour or so left at the end for attendees to practice with IDs there. 

 

Day 3 – Tool presentations - IDs continue presenting on the tools chosen with the same kind of lecture, questions, and hands-on set up for the day. 

Day 4 – Cover management of chosen Web 2.0 tools in the classroom, discuss current research supporting technologies chosen and show a variety of places for attendees to look for information (Innovate, SALT, Educause, Sloan-C, etc.), help attendees firm up their research plans.

 

Day 5 – Tie up loose ends, cover other Web 2.0 tools if the attendees want to see more information, help attendees plan for their next steps to integrate the tools in their classroom and conduct their research.

Each of the IDs would pick a tool or two to present on, or a topic to cover, and then be ready to present based upon what the faculty want to do.  On Day 2 we could then better plan the IDs schedule for the rest of the week, since we all four would not necessarily need to be present for the whole institute.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Possible tools and topics:

Day 1

 

1.  Discussion of participants research proposals, brainstorming the possibilities?

1. Individual participants discuss their goals and objectives

2. Sharing of projects and  ideas

3. Asess the computer and information literacy level of group 

 

*If there are only one or two participants we will focus more intently on what particular tools or skills that the participant wishes to focus on.

 

What is Web 2.0? - Overview of Institute

 * If literacy level is high this sectioni will be aberviated

 

   1. Old HTML Web - the read only web, where users follow links to content

 

    What is Web 2.0 http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/oreilly/tim/news/2005/09/30/what-is-web-20.html

    Web 2.0 A New Wave of Innovation for Teaching and Learning http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/erm0621.pdf

    Key Differences Between Web 1.0 and Web 2.0 (There is a chart that is useful in this article)       

    http://www.uic.edu/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/2125/1972

 

What the difference between the web, a LMS/CMS, software, hardware, OER, -- basic overview of the differnces between web based platforms =, terminologiy and language.

 

   2. New technologies for Read/Write web, where users can also rate, comment, annotate, edit, create, mix and share content. Web 2.0 is people-centric and social, and facilitates social networking, collaboration, and new levels of participation.

         1. Blogs – explanation

         2. Wikis - explanation (TWU ID wiki, maybe a wiki from  Heidi's class, to show 2 different ways of using a wiki)

         3. Podcasts - explanation

         4. RSS - explanation What is RSS? http://www.rss-specifications.com/what-is-rss.htm

         5. Social Networking - explanation

             * Sermo http://www.sermo.com/ - practicing community of 65,000 physicians who exchange clinical insights, observations,

               and review   cases in real time.

              *  SLIS TWU ning http://slistwu.ning.com/ - A community for students from Texas Woman's University

              School of Library & Information Studies.

          6. Collaboration, Organization and and Open content - explanation

 

 

     3. Homework: Pick 2 or 3 tools that you want to focus on

 

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Day 2

Web 2.0 in Blackboard (Demo and How to)

 

   1. Learning Objects

 

         1. Blogs

         2. Wikis

         3. Podcasts

         4. RSS - show how to put a feed into Bb

         5. Social Networking - Expo?

 

 

 Web 2.0 outside of Blackboard (demo of selected tools)

 

   1. Blogs

         1. Blogger

         2. Word Press

   2. Vlogs

         1. Howcast

         2. Monkeysee

         3. Wordpress plug ins

   3. Wikis

         1. PB Wiki

         2. Google Groups

   4. Podcasts

         1. iTunes U

         2. Audacity

         3. Tools needed

   5. RSS

         1. Google aggregator

         2. PageFlakes or NetVibes

   6. Social Networking

               1.  Ning 

7. Collaboratiing online

         1. Buzzword

         2. Zoho

         3. Google Docs

  8. Organizing Web 2.0

         1. Del.i.cious http://del.icio.us/

         2. CiteULike http://www.citeulike.org/

   9. Repositories and referratories (Sources of Open Education/ Creative Commons content)  -

       Exemplary Collection of Open eLearning  Content Repositories    http://www.wikieducator.org/Exemplary_Collection_of_Open_eLearning_Content_Repositories

 

 

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Day 3?  Practicing and playing with tools -- building with tool in course

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Day 4

 

Practice or focus? Hands on of selected technologies?

 

 

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Day 5

 

Wrap up and plan for continuation?

 

 

 

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Thoughts

 

 

   1. Create blog/wiki to immerse participants

   2. Use proposals as basis for Institute

   3. Use Heidi's Blogging for Better Learning presentation

   4. Create accounts on certain tools to give exposure and experience

   5. Identify web-based tools

   6. Dr. Grassley for blogs

   7. Jake suggest Second Life( Linda Caldwell, is using second life in her course and wants to show her TA's and GA's more about it), google docs, buzzword, and dripbook

   8. If we do SL, then have ISS show it, or stick to the planning part. (KR comment - Until we know where the lines are drawn for SL, I prefer to stay out of it. Once we know the lines - we will plan with faculty but I don't see us doing any programming. We can plan simulations and case studies without going into SL just fine. My plan is to let the faculty tune and retune with the technical folks as much as is necessary.)

   9. Nursing is using Meebo with success (note: it says when you are offline, so students can see and not expect you online) (Heidi says:  I've been using Meebo in my courses for a couple of semesters now, so I could definitely recommend it and show how it works.)

10. Some "assignment" ideas: Del.icio.us: search for a topic of interest to your classes

YouTube: search for videos of use in your teaching - List of video sharing websites http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_video_sharing_websites

Blogger: search for/start a blog

Open Culture: Find a podcast on a topic relevant to your teaching

11. Ten Web 2.0 Things You Can Do in Ten Minutes to Be a More Successful E-learning Professional

from Stephen Downes http://www.elearnmag.org/subpage.cfm?section=articles&article=60-1

12. Movies to introduce Web 2.0 gathered on the New Tools for Schools wiki: http://newtools.pbwiki.com/Movies

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