1. Introduction to Web 2.0 Education in distributed networks Stephan Ridgway, 2009 TAFE NSW, Sydney Institute, Workforce Development Unit http://wiki.tafensw.edu.au/sydney/mylearning/index.php/Introduction_to_Web_2.0 Image by paradigm4paradigm4

2. What is web2.0? A phrase made famous by Tim O'Reilly @ a conference in 2004 Web 2.0 refers to a perceived second generation of web development and design, that facilitates communication, secure information sharing, interoperability, and collaboration on the World Wide Web. Web 2.0 concepts have led to the development and evolution of web-based communities, hosted services, and applications; such as social-networking sites, video-sharing sites, wikis, blogs, and folksonomies. - Wikipedia, 20 April 2009Wikipedia, 20 April 2009

3. Web 2.0 defining characteristics the Web as a platform, web services which use the browser, easy to use User generated content the driving force Easy to create, distribute and share content, often collaboratively via RSS Folksonomic content classification using TAGS The "Network Effect" - services improve the more people who join - e.g del.icio.us, flickr Makes it easy to find other users with similar interests and form online communities – Social Software

4. Web 1.0 vs Web 2.0 Web 1.0 was about reading, Web 2.0 is about writing Web 1.0 was about companies, Web 2.0 is about communities Web 1.0 was about client-server, Web 2.0 is about peer to peer Web 1.0 was about HTML, Web 2.0 is about XML Web 1.0 was about home pages, Web 2.0 is about blogs Web 1.0 was about portals, Web 2.0 is about RSS Web 1.0 was about taxonomy, Web 2.0 is about tags Web 1.0 was about wires, Web 2.0 is about wireless Web 1.0 was about owning, Web 2.0 is about sharing Web 1.0 was about Netscape, Web 2.0 is about Google Web 1.0 was about web forms, Web 2.0 is about web applications Web 1.0 was about dialup, Web 2.0 is about broadband Web 1.0 was about hardware costs, Web 2.0 is about bandwidth costs Copacetic Web 1.0 Web 2.0

5. Examples of Social Software Blogs & online journals - Blogger, LiveJournal, EdublogsBloggerLiveJournalEdublogs Web-based RSS feed readers - Bloglines, Google ReaderBloglinesGoogle Reader Wikis & collaborative writing tools - Wikispaces, MediawikiWikispacesMediawiki Social networking sites - MySpace, Yahoo 360MySpaceYahoo 360 E-portfolios and Personal Learning Environments (PLEs) - elgg.net Ningelgg.netNing Media publishing & sharing - Flickr YouTubeFlickrYouTube Social bookmarking - del.icio.us, Diigodel.icio.usDiigo Podcasting, vblogging - Odeo, Podomatic, blip.tv ViddlerOdeoPodomaticblip.tvViddler

6. RSS – The distributed model RSS is the connecting fabric of web2.0 services, providing the conduit for information flows between distributed networks. Means to subscribe, syndicate and remix (mashups) All about the connected information flows between decentralised nodes, characterised by a willingness to share, mix and feed. Image by Dion Hinchcliffe€Dion Hinchcliffe

7. Blogs & Online Journals "blog" is derived from "Web log”, 1997 Online diary, regularly updated & displayed with the newest entry at the top blog combines text, images and links to other blogs Very easy to create and publish i.e. blogger Bloggers speak to other bloggers via links & comments RSS used for distribution & syndication

8. Educational uses for blogs Students can use blogs to process and record what they learn. Teachers can use blogs to process and record what they teach. Flexibility for learners - students can catch-up if they miss a class. A summary of a course that prospective students or new teachers can refer to. Students can refer to each other's blog and support each other's learning. Other faculty can refer to course blogs of their colleagues and improve team teaching. Topical and subject focused blogs can be an engaging learning resource. Fosters a Community of Networked Learners Source: The Networked Learning workshops, Leigh BlackallThe Networked Learning workshops

9. Wiki’s A wiki is a website that can be easily edited from within a web-browser. They are especially suited for collaborative authoring. Can be edited by anyone on the network or by members of a defined community All edits are archived and can be rolled back to at any time Wikipedia - the free, collaboratively built online encyclopedia - is the best known example of a wiki.Wikipedia

10. Blogs vs Wikis Blogs personal, less collaborative, a post is owned by poster typically monologue with audience commentary text is considered to be static: once posted, the posting doesn't change much immediate: written in the moment, written of the moment Wiki’s public & open to collaboration aim is creation of fluid documents knowledge is ephemeral: it changes, can be changed

11. Examples Blogs Our Class 2006 - A blog for an Adult Migrant English Programme (AMEP)class at St George College of TAFEOur Class 2006 NSW LearnScope Wikis Wikipedia - the free, collaboratively built online encyclopediaWikipedia myLearning

12. Tagging Tagging is a method of categorisation whereby key words are assigned to web based resources by users Each user "tags" the resources arbitrarily according to their own personal preferences. tags are shared (rss) & grouped to form knowledge sharing networks

13. Taxonomy - The science of classification From the greek verb: Taxis = "to classify" Nomos = "law, science, economy" Hierarchical-enumerative top down tree like structure Hierarchies designed and maintained by experts Repositories catalogued by experts - libraries Structure imposed on the world of objects Centralised classification

14. Folksonomy - Social classification Folk + Taxonomy meaning that it emerges from the people Open democratic system Constantly evolving based on user interactions and consensus tags capture the social fabric at that moment in time Structure is an emergent property Well suited to rapidly changing heterogeneous information sources such as the internet and social networks Distributed classification

15. Web services that use Tags Del.icio.us - A social bookmarking site that allows users to bookmark many sites and then tag them with many descriptive words, allowing other people to search by those terms to find pages that other people found useful.Del.icio.us Flickr - A service that allows users to tag images with many specific nouns, verbs, and adjectives that describe the picture. This is then search-able.Flickr Gmail - A web-mail site that was one of the first to allow categorization of objects using tags, known as "labels" on emails.Gmail LibraryThing - A social book cataloguing and community website, tags feature heavily here.LibraryThing Technorati - A weblog search engine.Technoratiweblog

16. Podcasting & Vblogging Grew out of the blogging movement, form of audio blogging Uses same subscription & distribution model pioneered by the blogging movement based upon RSS About audio when and were you want it Gains mass visibility in 2005, with podcasting support in Apple iTunes Easy to produce and distribute

17. Networks