Theme 2 Project 12
| Project
title |
Putting
Web 2.0 to Work: New Pedagogies for New Learning Spaces |
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Researchers |
Professor
Ray Land (Centre for Academic Practice & Learning Enhancement)
University of Strathclyde
Dr
Sian Bayne (Higher & Community
Education, School of Education) University of Edinburgh
For other related projects, see Dr Bayne's website: www.education.ed.ac.uk/e-learning/sian
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Keywords |
E-learning,
web 2.0, higher education, pedagogy, online learning |
|
Abstract |
The
nature of web-based communication and community has changed radically
in the last two to three years. The syndication, messaging and authoring
capabilities of what has come to be termed 'web 2.0', or the 'read/write
web', have spurred the creation of a tightly-woven social fabric
among individuals that would have been impossible to achieve through
the static HTML of the earlier internet era. The technological infrastructure
of web 2.0 and its associated applications - such as wikis, weblogs
and e-portfolios - provide the higher education community with authoring,
networking and community-building capabilities the pedagogical implications
of which are still largely unexplored.
This
project, then, will gather evidence of the potential pedagogical benefits
and constraints of web 2.0 technologies for analysis and deliberation
within the HE community, investigate the student experience of working
within certain web 2.0 environments and explore strategies for the
effective incorporation of web 2.0 technologies within blended and
distance e-learning programmes. It will aim to develop a new pedagogic
vocabulary and conceptual framework for the analysis of, and research
into, web 2.0 environments.
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Publications |
Please
see Dr Bayne's website for recent/current publications: http://www.education.ed.ac.uk/e-learning/sian
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Start
/end date |
2006
- 2007 |
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Funder
/amount |
Higher
Education Academy / £37,132
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