My presentation from Handheld Learning 2009’s Pecha Kucha.
Hood 2.1 – it’s still a Web 2.0 World out there
Following on from the success of the Hood 2.0 Workshop at ALT-C last year, at this years ALT-C I shall be running another workshop, Hood 2.1 – it’s still a Web 2.0 World out there.
Background
Web 2.0 is exciting and innovative, with new services appearing almost daily. These services can incorporate social networking, video and audio production, sharing, collaboration and user-created content. Some will be useful for providing information and entertainment, some will allow us to create innovative learning activities.
This stimulating and interactive workshop will explore new Web 2.0 services that can be used to solve some of the issues facing learners.
Ideas to be explored
During the workshop participants will be shown different learning scenarios and activities that utilise a range of new and exciting Web 2.0 services.
It is expected that the workshop will utilise the newest and most exciting Web 2.0 services out there, but could include: the use of Audioboo.fm for fieldwork; using Jing to create learning resources and web reviews; and using ipadio to allow learners to create a series of work-based podcasts.
Participants will discuss and debate the Web 2.0 service and the scenarios in small groups, covering how they could be utilised within their own institutions.
The groups will also discuss how the pedagogy needs to drive the scenarios and not the technology, and address how Web 2.0 can empower learners to take responsibility for their own learning. Each group will provide feedback through either a blog entry, an audio podcast or a video presentation. These will then be made available online to allow further comment and discussion beyond the workshop, and also allow other conference delegates to participate.
Intended outcomes
The participants will have a greater understanding of the innovative role of Web 2.0 to support.They will have considered how Web 2.0 can be used to redesign the pedagogy, the curriculum, and assessment methods to secure a substantial positive impact on learning.
The participants will have presented the results of their discussion to other participants and to other delegates through the use of a variety of learning technologies and Web 2.0 services. This will allow them to understand which services are innovations of true value, rather than mere fads.
New technology – the threat to our information
It’s a risk…
Hood 2.0 – It lives!
Hood 2.0: it’s a Web 2.0 world out there
This workshop will explore how using Web 2.0 can rethink the digital divide.
Gloucestershire College has been using Web 2.0 to enhance and enrich the learning process for a wide variety of learners across the breadth and depth of the curriculum. They have developed a range of learning scenarios and activities that are integrated into the learning process and support a diverse range of learners.
This workshop will demonstrate how Web 2.0 can be used to solve some of the issues facing diverse learners in this era of Facebook. YouTube, Twitter and then some…
The concept of Web 2.0 services in addressing the tensions between formal and informal learning, and empowering learners to take responsibility for their own learning will be examined. Then, how we need to address the pedagogical needs to drive the use of Web 2.0 services and not be blinded or awed by the technology of Web 2.0, will be explored.
During the workshop participants will be able to discuss and debate different learning scenarios and activities which utilise Web 2.0 services. Web 2.0 services will be used to demonstrate these scenarios.
Participants will discuss and debate these scenarios in small groups, covering how they could be utilised within their own institutions, examining the potential conflict between formal learning scenarios and the informal learning scenarios that Web 2.0 offers.
The groups will also discuss how the pedagogy needs to drive the scenarios and not the technology and address how Web 2.0 can empower learners to take responsibility for their own learning. Each group will provide feedback through either a blog entry, an audio podcast or a video presentation. These will then be made available online to allow participants to comment and continue the discussion beyond the workshop, and also allow other conference delegates to participate in the discussion.
After the workshop, the participants will have a greater understanding of the role of Web 2.0 in addressing the digital divide.
They will have considered how Web 2.0 can help resolve the tensions between formal and informal learning; discussed how Web 2.0 technologies in themselves mustn’t drive the learning, but support the pedagogy; and debated how Web 2.0 can empower learners to take responsibility for their learning.
The participants will have presented the results of their discussion and debate, through the use of a variety of learning technologies, to other participants and to other conference delegates.
I ran the workshop at ALT-.
Session seemed to go well though I did have about sixty people in a long narrow room.
The feedback from the session can be found here:
http://altcworkshop.blogspot.com/
Please feel free to add comments to people’s blog posts.
Other stuff from the workshop can be found on
Flickr
http://flickr.com/photos/jamesclay
Qik
Seesmic
Jaiku
http://molenet.jaiku.com/
Recorded Gabcast podcasts from my sessions at #altc2008 today. They are online now at http://tinyurl.com/hood2feedback
A few comments from other people’s blogs and links mentioned as part of feedback.
http://www.projectwhite.com/tag/altc2008/
http://www.scribd.com/doc/2286799/Can-we-use-Twitter-for-educational-activities
http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2008/04/04/live-reviewing-a-book-on-twitter-here-comes-everybody-by-clay-shirky/
and here’s a reflection
http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2008/04/07/twitter-reviewing-some-reflections/
http://ashleywright.org/2008/09/09/hood-20-its-a-web-20-world/
http://www.projectwhite.com/tag/altc2008/ – loads of stuff , excellent
Thanks everyone, some great feedback and ideas.
Hood 2.0 Workshop at ALT-C 2008
The draft timetable for ALT-C 2008 has been published and we now have a time and day for the Hood 2.0 – it’s a Web 2.0 World out there workshop.
It will be on Tuesday 9th September at 11.30am to 1.00pm
It will be a workshop that will explore how using Web 2.0 services can enable us to rethink the digital divide.
Gloucestershire College have been using Web 2.0 to enhance and enrich the learning process for a wide variety of learners across the breadth and depth of the curriculum. They have developed a range of learning scenarios and activities that are integrated into the learning process and support a diverse range of learners.
This workshop will demonstrate how Web 2.0 can be used to solve some of the issues facing diverse learners in this era of Facebook. YouTube, Twitter and then some…
It will explore how we need to address the pedagogical needs to drive the use of Web 2.0 services and not be blinded or awed by the technology of Web 2.0
It will demonstrate and allow participants to discuss and debate different learning scenarios and activities which utilise Web 2.0 services.
Web 2.0 services will be used to demonstrate these scenarios.
Should be fun.
And if you are interested in a mobile lean then check out my The mobility of learning – using mobile learning to rethink the digital divide workshop which is also on Tuesday 9th September, from 4.00pm to 5.30pm.
Web 2.0 Adverts
BBC reports on how credit companies are using Facebook to advertise their wares.
Credit companies are using the Facebook social networking site to target young people, a debt charity has warned.
Credit Action says adverts promising cheap loans for people with poor credit ratings are appearing on the site and many break advertising regulations.
In particular, they are promoting two new products – payday loans secured against a salary or logbook loans secured against a car, it says.
It is an issue with any advertising based Web 2.0 service and one that you do need to consider if you are considering using Web 2.0 services within an educational institution.
Blocking the ads though may be considered one option, this generally doesn’t work for learners who are accessing the services outside the institution.
Even this blog has advertising inserted by WordPress.com over which I have no control and therefore if you found this blog through Google I suspect that there may be a credit advert embedded into the page.
On my eLearning Stuff blog this happens most times that a new viewer searches Google and finds a link to my site in the search results and clicks through as seen here.
I have no control over those adverts and they are based on the text of my entry (and who is visiting), therefore you could potentially have an unsuitable advert. Now these are text based adverts so offence is less likely.
I could of course move the blog to my own web host and lose all the advertising, but the advantage of WordPress.com is that it is a free service and I don’t need to pay for hosting or bandwidth. Of course the real price I then have to pay is on the inserted advertising.
No such thing as a free lunch!
However other Web 2.0 services (such as Facebook) use banner and image based adverts and therefore there could be some unsuitable advertising.
I recall looking at a video streaming service and the two I looked at Stickam and Ustream, I chose Ustream as the adverts on Stickam could potentially cause offence.
As with any website (or service) which depends on advertising, there is a risk that there may be unsuitable advertising content over which you have little or no control.
It’s all about making a compromise between paying for services through upfront costs or using free services which are funded through advertising. What should we do as institutions?
Personally I believe that the decision about which services we should use it being made for us, by our learners.
Web 2.0
I thought I would use this Hood 2.0 blog to mention and blog about various Web 2.0 sites and services that can be used for learning (or for just plain fun).
I will mention the classics such as Flickr, Facebook and Twitter, but also want to cover the less familar sites such as Wakoopa, Jaiku amongst others.
Watch this space.
ALT-C Submission
Am I going to jinx my ALT-C submission by stating on this blog that I have submitted a workshop for ALT-C entitled Hood 2.0.
It’s as you might expect a workshop on Web 2.0 and hopefully (if accepted) be a lot of fun as well as illuminating.
Watch this space.