Work Literacy

Web 2.0 for Learning Professionals

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Here's how you can get started in this course.

1. Sign up and create your profile. If you can, upload a photo--we'd love to put a face with the name.

2. Introduce yourself to the rest of the community.

3. Check out the weekly activities by clicking on one of the links to activities in the box to the right or by going here. Each week a new set of activities will be posted.

4. Join in the Forum discussions or create one of your own.

5. Customize your profile page by click on the "My Page" tab at the top.

6. Upload and share a video or photo.

7. Create a group to connect with other people who may share your interests or join one that's already been created.

8. Invite a friend to participate--it's free and anyone can join us!

9. If you want to learn more about privacy settings on this network, go here.

If you have any questions or are unsure of what to do, send a message to one of the facilitators, Michele Martin, Harold Jarche or Tony Karrer.

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Brolin Wolcott added a blog post
For those professors out there "hip" to Twitter, check out the site Twitterfall.com. Basically, it's a full screen visualization of incoming tweets that all contain the same terms or hash tags, e.g. #ProfWolcott. In practice, it's pretty simple to s…
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A discussion started by Michele Martin was featured
Now that the "official" Work Literacy learning event is drawing to a close, now what? Several people have emailed and messaged to ask if the Ning will remain online. Definitely! This has become an incredible resource of ideas, links, slideshows and…
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A discussion started by stéphane wattier was featured
Comme Harold me l'a aimablement proposé, j'ouvre ce forum qui permettra aux francophones de s'entraider et d'échanger des expériences aussi en français, tout au long de ces 6 semaines d'atelier. Nous pourrons aussi nous retrouver sur nos blogs resp…
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Welcome to Work Literacy's Web 2.0 for Learning Professionals!


Sponsored by Work Literacy and the eLearning Guild,.

The Work Literacy course ran from September 29 through November 7, 2008. Although new activities are no longer being added, the community and course content will remain online and we invite new participants to join in and explore the topics below.

Week 1- Social Networking--Ning, LinkedIn and Facebook

Week 2--Social Bookmarking and Tagging

Week 3-- Blogs

Week 4--Aggregators and RSS Feeds

Week 5--Wikis

Week 6--Pulling it all Together

Course participation is divided into three different levels:

* The Spectator--These are exercises or activities that should take approximately 15 minutes to complete. The Spectator level is for people who want just a quick exploration of the tools and minimal interaction.

* The Joiner/Collector--For those who want to delve more deeply into a particular Web 2.0 tool, the Joiner/Collector level consists of activities that take approximately 30 minutes to complete.

* The Creator--These activities are for people who want to really spend some time exploring and trying out a particular tool or set of tools. The activities take approximately 75 minutes to complete and will allow you to immerse yourself in the Web 2. 0 experience.

Note that based on your experience with the different tools and methods being explored, your involvement may take longer or shorter periods of time. You will also have complete flexibility to participate at different levels of activity each week. Our goal is to give a range of opportunities for people to learn about and explore various Web 2.0 tools and their implications for learning professionals in an environment that's fun, supportive and responsive to your needs and interests.

Notes

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Created by Michele Martin Oct 1, 2008 at 9:28am. Last updated by Michele Martin Oct. 1, 2008.

Week 6: Pulling it all Together

Created by Michele Martin Oct 1, 2008 at 9:10am. Last updated by Michele Martin Nov. 3, 2008.

Forum

Harold Jarche

Introductions 211 Replies

Started by Harold Jarche in Uncategorized. Last reply by catspyjamasnz Oct. 13, 2009.

Michele Martin

WEEK 1: Introduction to LinkedIn 59 Replies

Started by Michele Martin in Uncategorized. Last reply by Nikhil Kumar Jul. 8, 2009.

Michele Martin

LinkedIn Tips and Tricks 8 Replies

Started by Michele Martin in Uncategorized. Last reply by Nikhil Kumar Jul. 8, 2009.

Melanie Jennings

Week 2: Diigo in Education 19 Replies

Started by Melanie Jennings in Uncategorized. Last reply by Melissa Seifman Nov. 14, 2008.

John McDermott

Getting management buy-in 9 Replies

Started by John McDermott in Uncategorized. Last reply by Brent MacKinnon Nov. 12, 2008.

Michele Martin

Now What? 2 Replies

Started by Michele Martin in Uncategorized. Last reply by bebbouchi dalila Nov. 12, 2008.

Michele Martin

Will You Be Attending DevLearn in San Jose Next Week? 6 Replies

Started by Michele Martin in Sample Title. Last reply by Ourania Nikolaidis Nov. 10, 2008.

Michele Martin

Was This Course "Successful"? How Do We Know? 23 Replies

Started by Michele Martin in Sample Title. Last reply by Michele Martin Nov. 9, 2008.

Michele Martin

Social Media and Learning--What Are the Implications of This Course? 8 Replies

Started by Michele Martin in Sample Title. Last reply by Catherine Lombardozzi Nov. 7, 2008.

Blog Posts

Brolin Wolcott

Twitter in the Classroom

For those professors "hip" to Twitter, check out Twitterfall.com. Basically, it's a full screen visualization of incoming tweets that contain the same terms or hash tags, e.g. #ProfWolcott. In practice, it's simple to set up if your teaching space has a computer and a projector. For example, in my lecture hall I've got my computer on a laptop mount faci… Continue

Posted by Brolin Wolcott on February 10, 2010 at 12:00am

Kevin Chilton

The Future of Thinking

Over the past two decades, the way we learn has changed dramatically. We have new sources of information and new ways to exchange and to interact with information. But our schools and the way we teach have remained largely the same for years, even centuries.

What happens to traditional educational institutions when learning also takes place on a vast range of Internet sites, from Pokemon Web pages to Wikipedia? This report investigates how traditional learning institutions can become as innovat… Continue

Posted by Kevin Chilton on January 26, 2010 at 5:58am

Kevin Chilton

Metaverse Roadmap

What happens when video games meet Web 2.0? When virtual worlds meet geospatial maps of the planet? When simulations get real and life and business go virtual? When you use a virtual Earth to navigate the physical Earth, and your avatar becomes your online agent? What happens is the metaverse.

Taking its name from the immersive virtual world imagined by Neal Stephenson in his visionary novel, Snow Crash, the Metaverse Roadmap (MVR) is the first public ten-year forecast and visioning survey of 3… Continue

Posted by Kevin Chilton on December 1, 2009 at 3:26am

Kevin Chilton

Technically Speaking

Technological literacy, a broad understanding of the human-designed world and our place in it, is an essential quality for all people who live in the increasingly technology-driven 21st century. This website explains what technological literacy is, why it’s important, and what’s being done to improve it.

Much of the material on the site is adapted from Technically Speaking: Why All Americans Need to Know More About Technology, the report of the Committee on Technological Literacy. The committee… Continue

Posted by Kevin Chilton on November 27, 2009 at 7:53am

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