Building Online Academic Communities

Courses 103&207: Using Web 2.0 for Social Networking to Build Academic Communities

 * An ICEM Workshop; Higher Colleges of Technology - Abu Dhabi Women's College
 * October 4,5, 2009, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
 * Sunday 9-12:30; repeated Monday 14:00-17:30
 * Dr. Marina McIsaac mmcisaac@asu.edu, Arizona State University, USA
 * Dr. Chih-Hsiung Tu Chih-Hsiung.Tu@nau.edu, Northern Arizona University, USA

Overview
''Education is entering a new world of rapid communication and instant access to information. The new tools that students are using outside the classroom are shaping how they communicate and how they learn. Web 2.0 tools and open education resources (OER) have changed the way people share and create knowledge. Social networking and collaborative work spaces allow teachers and students to work together to create dynamic learning environments. In this workshop we will explore social networking applications for building learning communities.''

''The goals of this workshop are for participants to work together to:
 * recognize new pedagogical models of social learning
 * demonstrate basic understanding of selected Web 2.0 tools
 * describe how they might use these tools in their teaching
 * explore igoogle, google reader, blog and twitter sites and explain their educational applications''.

Bulding an Academic Community Using Social Networking Tools: IGoogle, Google Reader, Blogs, Twitter

 * Pedagogy: connectivism,
 * Connectivism Connectivism, a learning theory for the digital age, is driven by the understanding that knowledge is based on rapidly changing information. New information is continually being acquired and connected to previous knowledge.


 * Research: online learning, blended learning, mobile learning
 * Evidence-Based Practices in Online Learning
 * Study Finds That Online Education Beats the Classroom
 * Emerging Technologies for Learning


 * Tools: igoogle, google reader, blogs, twitter, google docs, wikis, delicious
 * Designing your Personal Learning Network (PLN)


 * igoogle as an educational tool
 * Google Expands Personalization with igoogle
 * igoogle, a tour
 * Where to start igoogle


 * Google Reader for information gathering
 * Google Reader
 * Newbie's Guide to Google Reader


 * Blogs in the classroom
 * OUR WORKSHOP BLOG
 * Intro to Blogs and Reflections
 * Four C's
 * (alt Blogs in Plain English)
 * adVancEducation
 * Blog Aboutsummar Wikis
 * School Blogs
 * azk12 Blog Resource
 * Where to Start a Blog


 * Twitter, your information network
 * Twitter in Plain English
 * Twitter for Academia
 * 5 Fast Twitter Tips (at bottom of article)
 * Where to start to Twitter

=Integrating Social Networking into the Classroom=
 * Creating Technology Learning Environments
 * ETC Community Home