Learning, teaching, and Web 2.0: Finding a comfortable fit

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Affordances of Web 2.0?

• Web-based application
• Typically free to the user
• Can support collaboration and interaction
• Highly responsive to the user

20th vs. 21st Century Learning
Then

• Textbook learning
• Lecture learning
• Project learning
• Video learning
• Distance learning

Now

• Adventure learning
• Virtual learning
• Learning through storytelling
• Game learning

Millennials
Characteristics

• 34% are black, Hispanic, Asian or Native American
• One third have been raised by a single parent
• Play, social, and learning behavior has been framed by technology

Learning supported by

• Teamwork/collective reflection
• Experiential/Active activities
• Structure
• Strategy and problem solving
• Guided mentoring

Social Media

• Twitter
• Blogs
• SmartPhones
• iPods
• Games
• Facebook
• Skype
• YouTube
• Meetup
• Flickr
• Ustream
• The Sims

Study of Anatomy?
Complementarity of structure & function

• Locations
• Interactions
• Relationships

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Active Construction of Knowledge
Strategies

• Collaborative writing
• Data mashups
• Visualizations
• Polling/surveying
• Reflecting & reporting

Tools

• Wikis
• Google Apps
• Blogs
• Poll Daddy
• Hipcast
• Vyew

Instructional Applications
Introduce materials

• Anticipatory set
• Advance organizer
• Outline
• Novel situation, event, phenomenon

Present Information

• Lecture quips
• Primary data
• Historical records
• Previous student presentation
• Examples

Social Negotiation of Understanding
Strategies

• Peer Critique
• ePortfolio (course, topic, project)
• Expert Review
• Mentoring
• Publication
• Virtual Community of Practice
• Collaborative note-taking

Tools

• Epsilen
• Ning, Elgg, Yahoo Groups
• Google Apps
• Twitter
• Lulu, Scribd
• Note Mesh

Instructional Applications
Provide examples of

• Disciplinary skills
• Processes
• Documentation procedures
• Primary data
• Secondary data

Types of interaction

• Check for understanding
• Contribution
• Revision
• Labeling (tagging)
• Ranking/rating

Learner Produced Content
Strategies

• Digital Stories
• Visualizations
• Concept maps
• Information mashups
• Citizen reporting

Tools

• Our Story
• Bubblus
• Google Maps
• Flickr
• Wolfram Alpha, DataMasher
• Blogs
• Wikis
• Podcasts
• Videocasts

Instructional Applications
Strategies

• Collections
• Competitions
• Showcase
• Peer review
• Expert review
• Publication
• Presentations

Key Points for Using Web 2.0 Tools

• Keep the learner in the forefront: Prepare for Future Learning (PFL)
• Select tools for instruction as well as learning
• Make sure the tool supports learning goal
• Focus on practice, construction and collaboration