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The document discusses various online tools that can be used for educational purposes, including blogs, wikis, and social networks. It provides definitions and examples of how each tool has been used by educational institutions to address instructional problems or goals related to promoting communication, collaboration, and community among students. The document concludes by emphasizing the importance of learning how to learn and find new ways to learn in order to address unknown issues in the real world.

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Beyond Blackboard Betzi Bateman ¨C July 18, 2007
Blogs Definition: posts made by an author(s) in reverse chronological order Purpose: reflection or sharing of information with comment from others
Blog Examples CSU Organizational Leadership Cohort Blog Master¡¯s program for future educational administrators Instructional problem: How do we promote communication and community among a cohort of students that extends beyond the classroom? How do we do this with students who are busy adults and geographically dispersed? http://csuorgleadership.wordpress.com
Blog Examples Photocritic ¨C BGSU blog for student photo critiques Instructional problem: students do not seem comfortable critiquing other students¡¯ photographs; students do not know HOW to critique other students¡¯ photographs. Can a blog help? http://www.pseudobook.com/photocritic
Wikis Definition: an easy-to-update collaborative website (¡°wiki¡± is quick in Hawaiian) Purpose: collaborative product/authoring ¡° Wikis in plain English¡± http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dnL00TdmLY
Wiki Examples ¡° The Romantic Audience¡± project Bowdoin College Romantic poetry course Instructional problem/goal: how do I get students to dig deep into the meaning of a poem? http://ssad.bowdoin.edu:9780/snipsnap/eng242-s05/space/
Wiki Examples WSU ¨C Student Created Study Guide CE211 ¨C tips posted by students for students Instructional goal/problem: student created? http://wiki.wsu.edu/wsuwiki/CE211_Study_Skills
Social Networks Definition: a place where people connect online through sharing a personal profile and through various communication tools Purpose: Community
Social Networking Example College 2.0 A social network created using the ¡°Ning¡± application Goal: bring together folks interested in elearning and the future of education http://college2.ning.com
Why does this matter? ¡° Education often preaches instead of teaches. Instead of learning solutions to yesterday¡¯s problems, people need to learn how to deal with the unknown. In the real world, the issues we face are ones that no one knows the answers to. Can we afford not to learn how to learn and find more and better ways to learn everything we will need to do in the days and years to come?¡± - Marcia Conner, former education director at Microsoft and PeopleSoft, quoted in the book Informal Learning by Jay Cross
Thank You! Betzi Bateman [email_address] RT 944 ext. 9207 http://academic.csuohio.edu/bateman_b

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Beyond Blackboard

  • 1. Beyond Blackboard Betzi Bateman ¨C July 18, 2007
  • 2. Blogs Definition: posts made by an author(s) in reverse chronological order Purpose: reflection or sharing of information with comment from others
  • 3. Blog Examples CSU Organizational Leadership Cohort Blog Master¡¯s program for future educational administrators Instructional problem: How do we promote communication and community among a cohort of students that extends beyond the classroom? How do we do this with students who are busy adults and geographically dispersed? http://csuorgleadership.wordpress.com
  • 4. Blog Examples Photocritic ¨C BGSU blog for student photo critiques Instructional problem: students do not seem comfortable critiquing other students¡¯ photographs; students do not know HOW to critique other students¡¯ photographs. Can a blog help? http://www.pseudobook.com/photocritic
  • 5. Wikis Definition: an easy-to-update collaborative website (¡°wiki¡± is quick in Hawaiian) Purpose: collaborative product/authoring ¡° Wikis in plain English¡± http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dnL00TdmLY
  • 6. Wiki Examples ¡° The Romantic Audience¡± project Bowdoin College Romantic poetry course Instructional problem/goal: how do I get students to dig deep into the meaning of a poem? http://ssad.bowdoin.edu:9780/snipsnap/eng242-s05/space/
  • 7. Wiki Examples WSU ¨C Student Created Study Guide CE211 ¨C tips posted by students for students Instructional goal/problem: student created? http://wiki.wsu.edu/wsuwiki/CE211_Study_Skills
  • 8. Social Networks Definition: a place where people connect online through sharing a personal profile and through various communication tools Purpose: Community
  • 9. Social Networking Example College 2.0 A social network created using the ¡°Ning¡± application Goal: bring together folks interested in elearning and the future of education http://college2.ning.com
  • 10. Why does this matter? ¡° Education often preaches instead of teaches. Instead of learning solutions to yesterday¡¯s problems, people need to learn how to deal with the unknown. In the real world, the issues we face are ones that no one knows the answers to. Can we afford not to learn how to learn and find more and better ways to learn everything we will need to do in the days and years to come?¡± - Marcia Conner, former education director at Microsoft and PeopleSoft, quoted in the book Informal Learning by Jay Cross
  • 11. Thank You! Betzi Bateman [email_address] RT 944 ext. 9207 http://academic.csuohio.edu/bateman_b