1. e-Learning Workshops for Students
Web 2.0 for Learning
Mike Chui
mikechui@ied.edu.hk
Centre for Learning, Teaching and Technology (LTTC)
http://www.ied.edu.hk/lttc

2. Today’s Agenda
What is Web 2.0Web 2.0?
How to catch the opportunitiescatch the opportunities of Web 2.0?
What are the impacts on educationimpacts on education?
Sharing of Web 2.0 technologies (hands-on)Web 2.0 technologies (hands-on)

3. What is Web 2.0?What is Web 2.0?
Not a new Internet
Interactive information sharing
Interoperability
User-centered design and collaboration on the
World Wide Web
24/7 ability to produce, communicate, collaborate,
share, store, network and learn

4. Prosumer + FolksonomyProsumer + Folksonomy
Prosumer
ProProducer + Consumersumer
ProProfessional Consumersumer
Folksonomy
Using user-defined labelsuser-defined labels or tagstags to organize and
share information
Folk classificationFolk classification

5. 1. Delicious1. Delicious
It is a social bookmarking site
Go to http://delicious.com/

6. 1. Delicious (con’t)1. Delicious (con’t)
Suppose you want to know more about e-e-
portfoliosportfolios, so how can you make use of Delicious?
How many bookmarks related to e-portfolios?
How can you relate the searched bookmarks to
higher educationhigher education?
How many bookmarks did you get?

7. 1. Delicious (con’t)1. Delicious (con’t)
How can I save the bookmarks?

8. 1. Delicious (con’t)1. Delicious (con’t)
What are the differences between using Delicious
and adding as My Favourite?

9. 2. SlideShare
It is an online presentation sharing space
Go to http://www.slideshare.net/
Click on Signup
How can I upload a PowerPoint file?
How can I allow people download my
presentation?
 What are the benefits and drawbacks of using
online presentation tool?

10. 3. Really Simple Syndication (RSS)
 It benefits publishers by letting
the subscribers to get the
syndicated content automatically
 Subscribers 無需一天刷新幾十次
自己感興趣的 Web site 或 blog ，
因爲它們更新的內容會通過 RSS
feeds 源源不斷地輸送到你的
feeds 閱讀器中。

11. 3.1 How to subscribe a RSS feed (with
iGoogle)
Go to http://www.google.com.hk/ig
You may select a theme
Click on See your page button

12. 3.1 How to subscribe a RSS feed (with
iGoogle)
You may delete some unwanted gadgets

13. 3.1 How to subscribe a RSS feed (with
iGoogle)
Click on Add StuffAdd Stuff ( 新增小工具 )

14. 3.1 How to subscribe a RSS feed (with
iGoogle)
Click on 新增資訊提供或小工具
Open a new Internet browser page
Go to http://www.mingpao.com/
Click on RSS button
Select your favourite category and copy the .xml
link

15. 3.1 How to subscribe a RSS feed (with
iGoogle)
Go back the 新增資訊提供或小工具 box
Paste the copied URL:
http://inews.mingpao.com/rss/INews/gb.xml
Click on 新增 button

16. 4. Subscribe a blog (Using iGoogle)
Click on Add StuffAdd Stuff ( 新增小工具 )
Click on 新增資訊提供或小工具
Enter http://educator.viviti.com
Click on 新增 button

17. 5. Wikispaces
It facilitates collaborative writing and tracking
history of editions
Go to http://www.wikispaces.com/

18. 5. Wikispaces (con’t)
Click on Get StartedGet Started button

19. 5. Wikispaces (con’t)
Fill in the required fields

20. 5. Wikispaces (con’t)
http://ictlearner.wikispaces.com/

21. 5. Wikispaces (con’t)
Click on EditEdit button to start editing the home
page

22. 5. Wikispaces (con’t)
Click on Manage Wiki > Invite PeopleManage Wiki > Invite People to engage
your friends in editing the page

23. More Webapps to try
http://creately.com/ (an online diagramming
application)
http://photofunia.com/ (an online photo editing
tool)
http://bubbl.us/ (for brainstorming)
http://text-to-speech.imtranslator.net/speech.asp
(for learning pronunciation of different languages)

24. References
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_2.0
 http://www.vanderwal.net/folksonomy.html
 http://www.eryi.org/SearchEngines/rss-feeds-power.html
 http://rss.softwaregarden.com/aboutrss.html

25. Thank you for your participation
Q & A
Workshop Evaluation