using web 2.0 to support learning skills

Solent Exchange Sept 2011

Using Web 2.0 to Support Learning Skills

Carina Buckley and Michelle Treagust

Session Aims

• Introduction to Learning Skills team• How we already support students and

staff• What approaches we’ve been using to try

and reach and support users through the use of technology

• Your experiences of using online environments to engage with students and staff

Learning Skills Department

• Based in Mountbatten Library (ML 002)• Learning Skills Tutor & Developer• Range of support:• Face to face sessions• Remote• Group taught

Numbers challenge

One tutor 11 500 + students

Technological solution - web

• succeed@solentmycourse.ac.uk/succeed

• Guidance on becoming a better learnere.g. Essay writing, reflecting thinking etc.

• But online activity of users mostly consumption rather than interaction.

Why web 2.0?

• Pedagogically...•Interaction•Information sharing•Learner (user) centered design•Collaboration

•Audience•Going to them•Raising profile

Blogging

• Online diary / regular entries – real time• Can include text, images, video, links etc.• Readers can follow / leave comments

• Our approach: Twitter (micro blogging)•Immediate•Emulate success of Library account•RSS feed in to myCourse

twitter.com/SucceedAtSolent

Social bookmarking

• Users can organise, store, manage and search for bookmarks of resources online.

• Recommended website links for users• Other users can share links with your

• Our approach: Delicious•Tagging and adding description•RSS feed in to myCourse

delicious.com/succeedatsolent

Location based social networking• Location based user experience• Users ‘check-in’• Trend in social networking

• Our approach: foursquare•Most popular location based service in area•Nearby users get a message promoting the Service, can also post tips

foursquare.com

foursquare – newbie treat

Web 2.0 – your experiences?

Making the jump July 2011

Thank you!

Get in touch• mycourse.solent.ac.uk/learningskills • succeed@solent.ac.uk

Follow us on twitter•@SucceedAtSolent

Presentation will be uploaded to our slideshare account:

slideshare.net/succeedatsolent

Making the jump July 2011