Once Upon a Furl in a Podcast Long Ago… Heather Tompkins Carleton College June 25, 2007

Tool for preparing and designing instruction Communicating and connecting with faculty and students Model for teaching concepts about academic research Social Web: Three Approaches

Social Web: Why? Social Web –Interactive –Informal –Easy –Flexible –Focuses on connections Instruction –Active –Meeting students where they are –Empower students –Considers learning styles and preferences

Social Web: Why? Interdisciplinary Studies –Cutting edge –CV not yet developed –Fall outside traditional resources Women's Studies –Breaks down expert/novice barrier –Emphasizes connections and process –Considers materials informally published

Teaching and Instructional Design Preparing for instruction Designing instructional materials In the classroom

Social Bookmarks Furl

CSE--Google

Communication & Outreach Advertising services Collaborating with faculty Communicating with students, faculty, and staff

Web Word Processing Google Docs

Social Bookmarks del.icio.us

women.html

Content Controlled vocab= tagging Scholarly communication ("friends") Economics of information (informally published)

Newspapers Internet Manuscript, Archival Sources, including Ephemera Radio Television Scholarly Pubs 1920s1950sBeginning of time1960s1990s

Content Models of info seeking ("going where the experts are") Social web applications as a tool for organizing research

Some Thoughts Using the social web for teaching and research in women’s studies makes sense Social web can be thought of as tools, content, and model

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