Web Communication Trends: Blogs, Wikis, Newsfeeds, & Aggregators

September 12, 19, and 26, 2006 1-2 pm Eastern
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Blogs, Wikis, Newfeeds [RSS, et al.] and Aggregators have all evolved rapidly, becoming powerful, inexpensive, and relatively easy-to-use ways of sharing information and expressing opinions. Do you know what they are, how to use them, and most importantly how they impact the learning environment in higher education?
With Blogs and Wikis, single writers or teams of collaborators can prepare and post new entries to the web very quickly, without writing html or other code required by older forms of web page. Space for readers to comment or a list of web links to related web sites are common elements of these tools. Newsfeeds and Aggregators allow constant monitoring of new information on these and other web sources.
This three-week online workshop will help participants understand how and why these tools work well for on-the-run web collaboration and publishing, as well as other educational applications.
Week #1 - Understand the definitions, terminology, and technical characteristics of Blogs, Wikis, Feeds [RSS, et al.] & Aggregators.
Week #2 - Explore the role of Blogs, Wikis, Feeds [RSS, et al.] & Aggregators in the learning environment.
Week #3 - Enable the integration of Blogs, Wikis, Feeds [RSS, et al.] & Aggregators through instructional design.
In addition to the archived hands-on workshop sessions, participants will have access of web resources and links for further exploration with topics such as: