I gave a presentation at the WUN e-learning seminar at Leeds University on blogs and wikis on Thursday 26th March. I probably tried to cover too much ground in the 20 minutes I had but I think it went ok judging by people I chatted with over lunch. Aren’t people kind and supportive! The presentation tried to introduce the related ideas of Web 2.0 and E-learning 2.0 and then outline how this relates to a number of current issues and agendas in HE and an indication of research issues in e-learning - the main focus of the day’s seminar. Because ground was covered so quickly I set up a wiki to support it and opened it up to everyone so they can contribute if they wish and, if they haven’t used a wiki before, have a play. I have put an mp3 of the presentation and the slides on the wiki at http://terrynet.pbwiki.com. If you have any suggestions on how the wiki could be developed or want to make a contribution please go ahead. The password is letmein.
The issues and agendas for HE that I could only touch on were:
On a related note, Brian Kelly of Web Focus and UKOLN gave a presentation at Leeds University yesterday, Friday 17th, on the Future of the Web: Web 2.0 and its implications for HE. The slides are available on-line and I think Brian will put an mp3 there in due course. I found this really interesting. He focussed on what Web 2.0 is and gave many examples and useful links but then spent much of his discussion on the institutional implications of its use in teaching and learning and the obstacles to its adoption and embedding. Everyone got a bit of stick, academics, librarians, administrators - at least Brian was even-handed!
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