Mattsslides

Mattsslides

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  CoFHE 2007 Introductionto Web 2.0 Matt Gallon | e-learning advisor [email_address] web2atcofhe.pbwiki.com www.rsc-wm.ac.uk
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  Today’s session DefinitionCharacteristics of Web 2.0 applications Examples What’s in it for us, as librarians? What will you do next?
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  Defining “Web 2.0”First coined by Tim O’Reilly in 2004 Perceived second generation of Web technologies The Web becomes the software platform Not a standard People focused – interacting & producing content Applications join together to become a “network” The “semantic Web” – Web sites relate to each other by content tags and “hook” into other content
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  Some Web 2.0app’s!
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  Characteristics of Web2.0 applications “ Architecture of participation“ The Web browser as “platform” Social networking Multimedia? Users “own” the data and have control over it Syndication Folksonomies/tagging “ Free” and non-hierarchical
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  Blogs Instant,free Web publishing, in a chronological format Timely delivery to users through RSS Allows user comment and debate Searchable “ Blogosphere” a valuable information source Host remotely or at your institution
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  Social Bookmarking Basedon tagging of users’ favourites and sharing with others Possible links with other platforms (e.g. VLEs) and uses RSS or email for updating subscribers Identify other users with similar interests and share your discoveries Find additional information, which may have been “missed” by search engines
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  Wikis freely availablewebsite which can be amended by anyone simple to use allows linking within and between pages a tool for collaborative authoring may include, documents, images, hyperlinks RSS enabled host remotely or at your institution
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  Activity – what’sin it for us and our users? What advantages do Web 2.0 tools bring for libraries? What problems are you likely to encounter in using these technologies in a library setting? How can Web 2.0 technologies help communications between library staff? How are you using Web 2.0 at present?
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  Activity – nextsteps? Identify at least one challenge or problem in your work which could be overcome using Web 2.0 What tool(s) will you use? e.g. Blog, Wiki, Social bookmarking What do you intend to do next? e.g. sign up for Blogger, discuss at your next management meeting
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  Further information web2atcofhe.pbwiki.com
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  Any questions? Do get in touch… [email_address] web2atcofhe.pbwiki.com www.rsc-wm.ac.uk