Presentation for COIL Conference @ SUNY Purchase, November 14, 2008 by Sarah Guth and Clark Shah-Nelson

1. COIL Conference, 14 November 2008 Cross-Cultural 2.0 Break-Out Session http://tinyurl.com/coilweb20 Sarah Guth English Language Teacher University Language Centre University of Padova [email_address] Clark Shah-Nelson Coordinator of Online Education State University of New York Delhi College of Technology [email_address]

3. Web 2.0 ↔ CMC & LMS autonomy create customization free informallearning integration mash-up interoperability multimedia open openstandards personalization remoteservers responsibility self-directedlearning share transportableskills

4. Building Contents Telecollaborative Tasks : Collaboration and Product Creation Problem Solving i.e. students collaboratively create contents wiki, C-map, google doc, podcasts, video

5. Managing Sources Create a distributed research network for… Information Exchange Information Collection and Analysis Collaboration and Product Creation Problem Solving using social bookmarking, social annotation and/or RSS feeds Course portal or platform wiki, social networking sites (Ning), Netvibes, etc.

6. Sharing Media Telecollaborative Tasks: Information Exchange Comparison and Analysis Information Collection and Analysis of contents on the Web teacher-created contents student-created contents using blogs, wikis, photo sharing, video sharing, podcasts, presentation sharing

7. Communicating Telecollaborative Tasks: Information Exchange Comparison and Analysis Information Collection and Analysis Interpersonal Exchange Collaboration and Product Creation Problem Solving many to many asynchr .: personal blogs, Twitter, Ning, Netvibes/Pageflakes, Google Docs, social bookmarking, Facebook, photo/video/audio sharing 1 to 1 (or more) synchr .: Skype, Wimzi, Meebo, Flashmeeting, DimDim, Yugma, Second Life 1 to many synchr .: Skype, IM, Meebo, Flashmeeting, DimDim, Yugma, Second Life many-to-many synchr. : Flashmeeting, DimDim, Yugma, Skype (chat/audio only), Second Life 1 to many asynchr .: Chinswing., Voicethread, blogs, Twitter, podcasts, social bookmarking

8. What is lost? What is gained? individual ownership collective ownership – attribution content quality and usability greater sense of responsibility clear division between personal / educational tools broader range of skills that can be transportable to different learning experiences in real-life contexts teacher control student control “ traditional” tracking mixed assessment: collective + individual sole focus on formal learning focus on informal learning top-down bottom-up 1 centralized learning space managed by technicians teachers must have competences in different areas and be creative increased autonomy peer learning

9. Example: Web 2.0 Tools Embedded into Moodle LMS Course From University at Albany School of Education: ETAP 687 Introduction to Online Teaching by Alejandra M. Pickett, 2008

12. “ The exciting promise of the Web [2.0] is that it offers an environment in which a creative teacher can set up authentic learning tasks in which both processes and goals are stimulating and engaging, and which take individual student differences into account.” Ushi Felix, 2002 Now let’s see how creative you can be! (Our shared bookmarks: http://delicious.com/tag/coilweb20 )