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Slide 1: Research 2.0: Workshop Overview Norm Friesen August 31, 2009
Slide 3: Outline • Overview by day • Overview session-by-session • Overview by Theme (i.e. What is Web 2.0 anyways?)
Slide 4: Overview by Day • Aug. 31 (Today): What is Web 2.0 and how it might be relevant to higher education? (OL 127) • Sept. 1 (Tomorrow): Web 2.0 and teaching, new approaches to communication, content & collaboration (OL 1335) • Sept. 2 (Wednesday): Web 2.0 and research –libraries, communities & publication (both locations)
Slide 5: Overview by Session: Day 1 • Introduction & Short Survey (OM 1335); Norm Friesen & Diane Purvey (TRU Education) • Introduction to Web 2.0 (OL 127); Cindy Xin & Geoffrey Glass (Simon Fraser University) • Libraries & Web 2.0; Larry Maki (OL 127); (Thompson-Nicola Regional District Library System) • Web 2.0 in Teaching: Jason Brown (OL 127) (TRU ESL) • Web 2.0 in Kamloops: Jason Wassing (Greater Than Technology)
Slide 6: Overview by Session: Day 2 • WikiEducator Workshop: Part 1 (OM 1335); Nellie Deutsch (WikiEducator) • WikiEducator Workshop: Part 2 (OM 1335); Nellie Deutsch (WikiEducator) • Open Source Software & Open Educational Resources (OM 1335) Janet Hopkins (TRU MEd Program) • Hands on Introduction to Marginalia as a Web 2.0 tool (OM 1335); Cindy Xin & Geoffrey Glass
Slide 7: Overview by Session: Day 3 • Open Access / Open Content (OL 127); Jamie Anderson (Thompson-Nicola Regional District Library System) • What is Science 2.0? (OL 127); Lauchlan Fraser; Library Research 2.0 (OL 127); Elizabeth Rennie & Kathy Gaynor • Academia.edu: social software for researchers (OM 1335); Lisa Carr (TRU Education) Post-event Survey • Wrap-up Keynote: the vision of WikiEducator (OL 127); Wayne McIntosh (WikiEducator; Otago Polytechnic, New Zealand)
Slide 8: Overview by Theme (or what is Web 2.0?) 1. Web 2.0 - technologies that: – – – – – – Are open source (not locked down, being improved; Mon morning; Tues PM) Let users write on the Web (Tues, all day) Emphasize end-user communication (Tues PM) Share similar everyday interests (academia.edu) create online resources collaboratively (Tues, all day) Are making these resources available for free* (Mon AM) 2. Web 2.0 - communities & projects that:
Slide 9: Overview by Theme (or what is Web 2.0?) • Web 2.0 –ways to share information (Wed.): – That can transmit, aggregate and add value to it – That cut out the publishers or “middle-man” – That involve licenses that are alternatives to © 1. Web 2.0 –a politics and a lifestyle: – That celebrates the value of D I Y – That is opposed to traditional copyright regimes – That is against corporate control of knowledge and culture (and anything else?)
Slide 10: Questions? r2.tru.ca