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 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 , 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