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Social Networking + Web 2.0 guidelines
Web 2.0 - ‘social web’?
Tools for communication and collaboration
User-generated content + feedback and
interaction
Group formation
Common examples
social networking
blogs
wikis
social bookmarking
media sharing
‘micro-blogging’
Why in education?
a route to better collaborative working and participation even in ‘traditional’ settings
already in our students’ social lives
part of students’ post-university professional practice in all subjects
‘Web 2.0’ services : wiki (Confluence)blogging (Wordpress)podcasting video applications
Moodle – some web 2.0 features - basic blogging, wiki, RSS, student-generated material – will get better
MyPortfolio – student owned, multimedia, Facebook-style ‘groups’
Web 2.0 UCL services
MyPortfolio
Web 2.0 + Moodle + MyPortfolio
Web 2.0 + Moodle
Contact LTSS if you want to know how to do this
But UCL applications may be thought to lack
FlexibilityFunctionalityAttractiveness Dynamic interfacesNoveltyCoolness - a big part of
appeal to both educators and staff.
And external services usually
Going ‘off piste’
risk • service provision
• legal liability (data protection, ©)• UCL regulations
http://www.flickr.com/photos/op_timus/471658053/
Service provision
A pink cross means that the company is dead now while green circles mark companies that got acquired.
http://www.labnol.org/internet/chart-of-internet-companies-that-vanished/8619/
Copyright and content
• Confidentiality / ownership of data
• Copyright• UCL licensed content• UCL Computing Regs (2007)• Easy ‘take down’ for
unacceptable content
Data Protection
‘Personal data held by UCL’ or an organisation providing services on behalf of UCL e.g. email address, name, address, personal interests etc
UCL Data Protection Policy
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bixentro/346558163/
Accessibility
UCL services should be ‘reasonably’ available to disabled individuals (dyslexic, visually/ hearing impaired etc)
How accessible are Web 2.0 services?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/henryfaber/28058869/
UCL Assessment regulations
• Retention of students’ assessed work
• Security– how to ensure that no
changes can be made – visibility of assessed
work to other students, – impact of possible loss
of externally stored materials.
Quick tips
Reduce your riskConsider UCL alternativesRead the small printWarn students its not a UCL serviceMake it optional
Moving on to Web 2.0?
email [email protected]
phone 34431twitter @CliveYoung
these slides onwww.ucl.ac.uk/ltss-blog and