using blogs, wikis and rss for learning by barry sampson, lsg 081113a
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Slides from Barry Sampson's Learning and Skills Group webinar of 13 Nov 2008: "Using Blogs, Wikis and RSS Feeds in Learning". To find out more about free membership of the Learning and Skills Group, go to http://www.learningtechnologies.co.uk/group/group.cfmTRANSCRIPT
Blogs,WikisandRSS
BarrySampson
Agenda:Topics
• Whatarethey?• Howandwhyusethem?
• OvercomingobjecCons
• ToolsandTechnologies• Bringingitalltogether
QuesCon:LearningTools?
QuesCon:LearningTools?
Blogs:WhatAreThey?
• Weblog• Simpleselfpublishing
• DiaryorJournallike• Easeofuse• Comments
• Archive/Searchable
Blogs:LearnerBenefits
• ReflecCvewriCng• Trackprogress• Shareideas• Seekfeedback• CriCcalthinkingskills• WriCngskills
• Learningtosearch
Blogs:OrganisaConalBenefits
• DistributeinformaCon• Gatherfeedback• Sharingknowledge…• FAQ
Blogs:Issues,risks,concerns
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Blogs:ToolsandTechnologies
• Hosted– Blogger– Wordpress.com
– LiveJournal– Typepad– MySpace– WindowsLiveSpaces
– Xanga– Yahoo360
• ServerSoZware– b2evoluCon– Wordpress
– LiveJournal– MoveableType
– Drupal– TextPa^ern– ExpressionEngine– MSSharePoint
Wikis:WhatAreThey?
• AwikiisacollecConofwebpagesdesignedtoenableanyonewhoaccessesittocontributeormodifycontent,usingasimplifiedmarkuplanguage.WikisareoZenusedtocreatecollaboraCvewebsitesandtopowercommunitywebsites.
h^p://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki
Wikis:LearnerBenefits
• Learnersasauthors– CollaboraCvegeneraConofresources– Groupassignments– Por_olio
Wikis:OrganisaConalBenefits
• OrganisaConsasauthors– CollaboraCvegeneraConofresources– LetSMEscreateandmaintaincontent– Referencematerials
Wikis:Issues,risks,concerns
Wikis:ToolsandTechnologies
HostedServices
• Confluence• EditMe• PBwiki• SocialText• SCkiPas• WikiSpaces
ServerSo-ware
• DocuWiki
• Flexwiki• InsCki• MediaWiki• MoinMoin
• TiddlyWiki
RSS:Whatisit?
RSS:Whatisit?
RSS:Uses
• Providefeedsfromexternalresources• Createyourownfeedstoupdatelearners• Keepcontentuptodate• Notjusttext–photos,videos,audio,wikis
RSS:Readers
RSS:Dashboards
RSS:ReadersandDashboards
HostedServices
• GoogleReader• Bloglines• Netvibes• Pageflakes• iGoogle• Yahoo• MicrosoZLive
ClientSo-ware
• FeedDemon
• NetNewsWire• Thunderbird,AppleMail,etc…
• IE7,Safari,Opera,Firefoxetc…• Outlook2007
Blockers:OvercomingResistance
• PotenCalBlockers– L&DTeam
– ITTeam– OtherIssues
