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Slide 1: Blogs,
Wikis
and
RSS
 Barry
Sampson

Slide 2: Agenda
:
Topics
 •  What
are
they?
 •  How
and
why
use
them?
 •  Overcoming
objecCons
 •  Tools
and
Technologies
 •  Bringing
it
all
together

Slide 3: QuesCon
:
Learning
Tools?

Slide 4: QuesCon
:
Learning
Tools?

Slide 5: Blogs
:
What
Are
They?
 •  Web
log

 •  Simple
self
publishing
 •  Diary
or
Journal
like
 •  Ease
of
use
 •  Comments
 •  Archive/Searchable

Slide 6: Blogs
:
Learner
Benefits
 •  ReflecCve
wriCng
 •  Track
progress
 •  Share
ideas
 •  Seek
feedback
 •  CriCcal
thinking
skills
 •  WriCng
skills
 •  Learning
to
search

Slide 7: Blogs
:
OrganisaConal
Benefits
 •  Distribute
informaCon
 •  Gather
feedback
 •  Sharing
knowledge…
 •  FAQ

Slide 8: Blogs
:
Issues,
risks,
concerns
 !

Slide 9: Blogs
:
Tools
and
Technologies
 •  Hosted
 –  Blogger
 –  Wordpress.com
 –  LiveJournal
 –  Typepad
 –  MySpace
 –  Windows
Live
Spaces
 –  Xanga
 –  Yahoo
360
 •  Server
SoZware
 –  b2evoluCon
 –  Wordpress
 –  LiveJournal
 –  Moveable
Type
 –  Drupal
 –  TextPa^ern
 –  Expression
Engine
 –  MS
SharePoint

Slide 10: Wikis
:
What
Are
They?
 •  A
wiki
is
a
collecCon
of
web
pages
designed
to
enable
 anyone
who
accesses
it
to
contribute
or
modify
 content,
using
a
simplified
markup
language.
Wikis
are
 oZen
used
to
create
collaboraCve
websites
and
to
 power
community
websites.
 h^p://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki

Slide 11: Wikis
:
Learner
Benefits
 •  Learners
as
authors
 – CollaboraCve
generaCon
of
resources
 – Group
assignments
 – Por_olio

Slide 12: Wikis
:
OrganisaConal
Benefits
 •  OrganisaCons
as
authors
 – CollaboraCve
generaCon
of
resources
 – Let
SMEs
create
and
maintain
content
 – Reference
materials

Slide 13: Wikis
:
Issues,
risks,
concerns

Slide 14: Wikis
:
Tools
and
Technologies
 Hosted
Services
 •  •  •  •  •  •  Confluence
 EditMe
 PBwiki
 SocialText
 SCkiPas
 WikiSpaces
 Server
So-ware
 •  •  •  •  •  •  DocuWiki
 Flexwiki
 InsCki
 MediaWiki
 MoinMoin
 TiddlyWiki

Slide 15: RSS
:
What
is
it?

Slide 16: RSS
:
What
is
it?

Slide 17: RSS
:
Uses
 •  Provide
feeds
from
external
resources
 •  Create
your
own
feeds
to
update
learners
 •  Keep
content
up
to
date
 •  Not
just
text
–
photos,
videos,
audio,
wikis

Slide 18: RSS
:
Readers

Slide 19: RSS
:
Dashboards

Slide 20: RSS
:
Readers
and
Dashboards
 Hosted
Services
 •  •  •  •  •  •  •  Google
Reader
 Bloglines
 Netvibes
 Pageflakes
 iGoogle
 Yahoo
 MicrosoZ
Live
 Client
So-ware
 •  •  •  •  •  FeedDemon
 NetNewsWire
 Thunderbird,
Apple
Mail,
etc…
 IE7,
Safari,
Opera,
Firefox
etc…
 Outlook
2007

Slide 21: Blockers
:
Overcoming
Resistance
 •  PotenCal
Blockers
 – L&D
Team
 – IT
Team
 – Other
Issues


Slide 22: Thank
You
 •  QuesCons?
 •  Contact
Details
 – Email:
barry@webbasedthinking.com