2. MORE THAN YOU IMAGINE www.sit.nsw.edu.au Introduction to Web 2.0 Education in distributed networks TAFE NSW, Sydney Institute, Workforce Development Unit http://wiki.tafensw.edu.au/sydney/mylearning/index.php/Introduction_to_Web_2.0 Image by paradigm4paradigm4

3. MORE THAN YOU IMAGINE www.sit.nsw.edu.au What is web2.0? Web 2.0 refers to a perceived second generation of web development and design, that facilitates communication, secure information sharing, interoperability, and collaboration on the World Wide Web. Web 2.0 concepts have led to the development and evolution of web-based communities, hosted services, and applications; such as social-networking sites, video-sharing sites, wikis, blogs, and folksonomies. - Wikipedia, 20 April 2009Wikipedia, 20 April 2009

4. MORE THAN YOU IMAGINE www.sit.nsw.edu.au Web 2.0 defining characteristics the Web as a platform, web services which use the browser, easy to use User generated content the driving force Easy to create, distribute and share content, often collaboratively via RSS Folksonomic content classification using TAGS The "Network Effect" - services improve the more people who join - e.g. del.icio.us, flickr, Facebook Social Networking Makes it easy to find other users with similar interests and form online communities – Social Software Mobile a driving force

5. MORE THAN YOU IMAGINE www.sit.nsw.edu.au Convergent forces Mass uptake of broadband since ADSL & 3G The ubiquity of connectivity, home, work & mobile “Nearly two-thirds of Australian households now have broadband” Source: ABS, (Dec 2009), Media Release “Mobile ownership has almost reached a saturation point with 92 percent now reporting owning a mobile phone.” Source: Nielson, (April 2009), AdNews Mobile Report

6. MORE THAN YOU IMAGINE www.sit.nsw.edu.au Convergent forces Rise of the mobile web

7. MORE THAN YOU IMAGINE www.sit.nsw.edu.au Convergent forces Increase in computing power both in terms of the server & client side The rise in new web based business models which support free services from advertising revenue i.e. youtube, Facebook

8. MORE THAN YOU IMAGINE www.sit.nsw.edu.au Examples of Social Software Blogs & online journals - Blogger, LiveJournal, EdublogsBloggerLiveJournalEdublogs Web-based RSS feed readers - Bloglines, Google ReaderBloglinesGoogle Reader Wikis & collaborative writing tools - Wikispaces, MediawikiWikispacesMediawiki Social networking sites - MySpace, Yahoo 360MySpaceYahoo 360 E-portfolios and Personal Learning Environments (PLEs) - elgg.net Ningelgg.netNing Media publishing & sharing - Flickr YouTubeFlickrYouTube Social bookmarking - del.icio.us, Diigodel.icio.usDiigo Podcasting, vblogging - Odeo, Podomatic, blip.tv ViddlerOdeoPodomaticblip.tvViddler Presentation – Slideshare, Prezi

9. MORE THAN YOU IMAGINE www.sit.nsw.edu.au RSS – The distributed model RSS is the connecting fabric of web2.0 services, providing the conduit for information flows between distributed networks. Means to subscribe, syndicate and remix (mashups) All about the connected information flows between decentralised nodes, characterised by a willingness to share, mix and feed. Image by Dion Hinchcliffe€Dion Hinchcliffe

10. MORE THAN YOU IMAGINE www.sit.nsw.edu.au Tagging Tagging is a method of categorisation whereby key words are assigned to web based resources by users Each user "tags" the resources arbitrarily according to their own personal preferences. tags are shared (rss) & grouped to form knowledge sharing networks