1. Social Software: Building Networks of Learners
Pierre Gorissen
Digital Libraries à la Carte
25th August 2006

2. I am not a Librarian Before we start… (deleted rest of excuses here,
it should probably explain enough)

3. The assignment Wiki: http://buildingnetworksoflearners.wikispaces.com/
3 questions:
Who are you?
What do you know about social software?
What do you want to learn during the lecture?
36 participant pages have been created
Thank you!

4. How was it?

5. What did it tell me? The group consists of both
Beginners (some absolute)
(somewhat) Experts
Made it harder to come up with a lecture that would suite both groups.

6. What did it tell me? Questions range from: What is Social Software?
Who is using it and how?
In libraries
In education
What are recent trends?
Why use it and isn’t it just a hype?

7. Agenda
11:00 hrs Start lecture Introduction, overview of what Social Software is.
11:30 hrs Start group discussion. Results of the discussions will be added to the wiki.
12:00 hrs Report back from groups One-liner per group.
12:30 hrs Lunch

8. Social Software…
Enables people to rendezvous, connect or collaborate through computer-mediated communication and to form online communities.

9. In a knowledge society we are all both teachers and learners!
Network of learners…
In a knowledge society we are all both teachers and learners!

10. Social Software – The Big Picture
SMS
VoIP
Podcast
Video Blog IM
Trad. Media
Blog
WWW
Forums
Website
Social Bookmarking
Wiki
Lib. Catalog
Collaborative real-time editing
(L)CMS
Social Network Service
Virtual World
VLE
Collaborative
Workspace
e-Portfolio
Individual Group
-- Interaction +
+ Hierarchy --

11. Social Software… Instant Messaging (Chat) Forums Blogs / Weblogs
Podcasts
Videoblogs
Wikis
Social Network Services
Social Bookmarking
Collaborative real-time editing
Virtual Worlds

12. Instant Messaging “Chat” Before: ICQ (PowWow) Now: MSN Future: Skype ?
Most: Text
Some: Audio + video

13. Ask a Librarian

14. Forums Have been around for a long time Via e-mail or online
Hard to get going
Large user capacity

15. Forum at LibraryThing

16. Blog / Weblog
A type of website where entries are made (such as in a journal or diary), displayed in a reverse chronological order.
Revolutionized publishing on the web for the masses
Blogger turned 7 years old this month…

17. Blogs and Libraries / Librarians

18. RSS Really Simple Syndication Facilitator of content syndication
Simple and Powerful
“List of x most recent items”
15 books most recently added to the collection
10 most recently reviewed books
20 most recently edited or added wiki pages
Best thing: you don’t have to know how it works!

19. RSS

20. Podcasting Compound word: iPod + Broadcasting No iPod is needed!
“Audio Blog”
Message = MP3
RSS
Founding fathers:
Dave Winer
Adam Curry

21. Podcasts in Libraries

22. Vlogging “Video Blog” Be your own producer Select Very diverse quality
Message = video
RSS
Be your own producer
Select
what you watch
when you watch
Very diverse quality

23. Big enabler(s)… YouTube Dailymotion Google Video ….

24. Wiki
A type of website that allows users to easily add, remove, or otherwise edit and change some available content, sometimes without the need for registration
Each page has a history!

25. Wiki in Libraries

26. Social Network Service
Connects people based on similarities
Examples:
Myspace
43Places
OpenBC

27. Social Network Service
See list at:

28. Social Bookmarking Online bookmarks Tags / Folksonomy Examples: FURL
Del.icio.us
LibraryThing
bibliophil

29. Social Bookmarking

30. Collaborative real-time editing
Allows simultaneous editing of the same document or video by different participant
Moonedit
SubEthaEdit
Writely

31. Collaborative real-time editing in Libraries?
Moonedit voor Windows en Linux en SubEthaEdit voor Apple en Linux zijn de bekendste.

32. Virtual Worlds
a computer-simulated environment intended for its users to inhabit and interact via avatars

33. Virtual Worlds Yes, Second Life does have a library!
Second Life has got a library!
Yes, Second Life does have a library!

34. Finally…. What do Web 2.0 Library 2.0 Learning 2.0 Social Software
have in common?
Some features that social software have in common are: they are
collaborative and leverage the widsom of crowds; there's a low barrier
to use and adoption; they are open and can be expanded linked or
"mashed"; they foster community; they're fun.

35. They are about Collaboration Combination / Mashup
Lowering barriers of use
Community
FUN!

36. OK, now it is your turn..

37. Group discussion Divide into group (just pick a seat)
Group number is on table
Each group has a page at
Decide who is going to be the scribe for the group
Save often!

38. Group Assignments Please list the members of the group on the page.
Question: You've heard and seen a number of examples of Social Software tools during the first part of the lecture.
A) Which one did you (as a group) like most, or which one do you think would have the biggest positive impact on libraries?
B) Which one did you as group like least of do you think is least suitable for use in libraries?
One-Liner: This could be a statement about social software and libraries, a site that you think others must visit, a statement about the Dutch weather, whatever it is you want to in the 1 minute you have at the end!

39. Agenda
11:00 hrs Start lecture Introduction, overview of what Social Software is.
11:30 hrs Start group discussion. Results of the discussions will be added to the wiki.
12:00 hrs Report back from groups One-liner per group.
12:30 hrs Lunch