1. eLearning 2006 Day 3 Julie Collareda

2. Day three – Web 2.0 & PLE Web 2.0 continued  RSS  Social bookmarking  Photo sharing  Podcasting  Audacity  Vlogs Communication tools:  Chat, forum  Skype  Web conferencing

3. Day three – Web 2.0 & PLE cont’ Learning Management Systems:  Moodle  Janison  Blackboard & WebCT mLearning

4. RSS RSS is referred to as Really Simple Syndication or Rich Site Summary RSS This tool is used to feed information about resources on the World Wide Web (www) It helps make use of the richness of the www automatically feed information from your favourite websites; and share great resources with others.

5. RSS Your turn to have a go Log on http://juliecollareda.wikispaces.com Overview

6. Del.icio.us The website del.icio.us (pronounced as "delicious") is a social bookmarking web service for storing, sharing, and discovering web bookmarks. The site came online in late 2003 and was founded by Joshua Schachter.

7. Del.icio.us Your turn to have a go Log on http://juliecollareda.wikispaces.com Overview

8. Flickr Flickr is a way to share your photos, with Flickr you can:  Show off your favourite photos to the world  Blog the photos you take with a cameraphone  Securely and privately show photos to your friends and family around the world Basic accounts are free!

9. Flickr Your turn to have a go Log on http://juliecollareda.wikispaces.com Overview

10. Flickr upload-in tools http://www.flickr.com/tools/

11. Podcasting A podcast is a web feed of audio or video files placed on the Internet for anyone to subscribe to. Podcasters' websites also may offer direct download of their files, but the subscription feed of automatically delivered new content is what distinguishes a podcast from a simple download or real-time streaming (see below). (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podcasting)

13. Audacity

14. Example Free audio editing software Available from: http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

15. vLogs Videoblog or vlogs (or vblogging), is a blog that includes video. Regular entries are typically presented in reverse chronological order and often combine embedded video or a video link with supporting text, images, and other meta-data. Log on and have a go Log on

16. BlipTV http://blip.tv/ About http://www.bliptv.com/http://www.bliptv.com/ Blog: http://blog.blip.tv/blog/

17. YouTube http://www.youtube.com/ Example http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfau3Jx G_QE

18. Chat Plan the lesson Have prepared questions and/or content in word that you can cut and paste Involve all of the students Summarize the outcomes

19. Forum Meaningful Moderate Summarize Large course-archive old material Contact students who are not participating

20. Skype Online communication tool Voice chat Written chat Video conferencing

22. Web conferencing

23. Examples Breeze or Adobe Connect Professional BreezeAdobe Connect Professional Eliminate

24. Learning management systems Moodle Janison Blackboard and WebCT Log on

25. mLearning

26. Definition mLearning is the acquisition of any knowledge and skill through using mobile technology, anywhere, anytime, that results in an alteration in behaviour. (Geddes 2004)

27. mLearning and Education Mobile learning means the provision of education and training courses on wireless devices: PDAs (Personal Digital Assistants), palmtops and mobile telephones

28. Wired virtual learning environment of today

29. Wireless learning environment of to-morrow

30. An example of the trends applied to an mLearning solution

31. Variety of m-Learning possibilities… audible texts and MP3s e-textbooks and encyclopedias other innovative formats such as simulations, streaming video clinical data collection access to Learning Management Systems

32. m-Learning: PDAs The handheld personal digital assistant (PDA) is one m-Learning tool that is increasing in use:  Portable  Versatile  Relatively low cost ($200)  Provides on-demand access to education resources

33. m-Learning: PDAS Many colleges and universities (USA) have incorporated PDAs into their teaching, curriculum and student resources…  Text messaging  Pod-casting  Data collection

34. Educational Applications of PDAs students taking courses online “idle time” while commuting, during lunch breaks, at the airport, deployed and other situations without computer access Assessment

36. Make optimal use of mLearning: Portability (learning anytime/anywhere) Location (e.g real-time video of workplace) Wearability (expert in your pocket) Networked communication (coached collaborative learning) Personalisation (photo, audio, SMS) Blended learning (+classroom, e-learning)

37. Examples MLearning Consortium Journal on mLearning What is mLearning? An Apple for the teacher

38. Day three – Web 2.0 & PLE summary Web 2.0 continued  Podcasting  Audacity  BlipTV  YouTube  Vlogs Communication tools:  Email, chat, forum  Skype  Web conferencing

39. Day three – Web 2.0 & PLE summary Learning Management Systems:  Moodle  Janison  Blackboard & WebCT mLearning