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Honória BaloghInstructional Designer, Iowa Valley Community College District
Iowa English Round Table 2010
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Why this topic?• Currently teaching hybrid developmental English
using an LMS.• Working as instructional designer with various
instructors teaching OL courses.
• Trying to get organized and failing… So what can I expect from my students?
It’s my job to entertain students!
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PLE?
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Web 2.0
According to Wikipedia, …• The term "Web 2.0" (2004–present) is commonly
associated with web applications that facilitate – interactive information sharing, – interoperability, – user-centered design,
– and collaboration on the World Wide Web.
Examples of Web 2.0• web-based communities• hosted services• web applications• social-networking sites• video-sharing sites• wikis • blogs• mashups• folksonomies
Examples of Web 2.0• web-based communities• hosted services• web applications• social-networking sites• video-sharing sites• wikis • blogs• mashups• folksonomies
What do you use
?
Encyclopedia Britannica Online vs. Wikipedia
• Web 1.0 vs. Web 2.0• Expert-created static articles released periodically
in publications vs. user-created and critiqued content which is constantly changing
Wikipedia in my classroom • Used for topic generation• Used for directing further research (info to be
supported/refuted)• Used as a source of additional research (replacing
keyword entry in search engine)• Used to develop critical thinking skills• Collaborative projects?• Others?
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Creative Commons• License launched in 2002• Used as the legal and technical standard for OER
(Open Educational Resources)– Creative Commons opens up educational resources so
that they are accessible, as well as adaptable, interoperable, and discoverable.
• Creativecommons.org
Who uses Creative Commons?• MITOpenCourseWare• Connexions Repository• P2PU – Peer 2 Peer University• Search Engines (Bing, Google, Yahoo…)• Flickr• … and others
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OER – Wikibooks?• Free library of educational textbooks that anyone
can edit• Movement toward no more traditional textbooks in
class? E-books? Free books?
• Example: http://simple.wikibooks.org/wiki/English/Table_of_contents– Grammar, syntax, parts of speech, etc.
Mind Maps• Brainstorming and organizing information• MindOmo.com• and many more…
ToonDoo
ToonDoo
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Audacity
Google Docs
Social Bookmarking
From http://delicious.com/about
Delicious is a social bookmarking service that allows users to tag, save, manage and share web pages from a centralized source.
With emphasis on the power of the community, Delicious greatly improves how people discover, remember and share on the Internet.
•Bookmark any site on the Internet, and get to it from anywhere•Share your bookmarks, and get bookmarks in return•Discover the most useful and interesting bookmarks on the web
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delicious.com
Jing! • Screen capture• Handout: http://www.slideshare.net/honoria9/jing-it-
presentation
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Questions?http://www.slideshare.net/honoria9