Social technologies: from pioneers to mainstream use?
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John McIntyre Centre, Pollock Halls of Residence, Holyrood Park Road, Edinburgh
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9:30 |
Registration |
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9:50 |
Welcome: Helen Hayes |
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10:00 |
“Pioneers”: Web 2.0 and the University - Paul Anderson (Informatics) Weblogs, web-essays and wikis: issues for teaching with web 2.0 - Sian Bayne (School of Education) Game-informed learning and Web 2.0 in MVM - Michael Begg (MVM) |
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11:00 |
Coffee / tea | |
11:30 |
Student use of social technologies - Thomas Graham and Ben Miller | |
11:50 |
Panel: The Principal, Michael Fourman, Charlotte Waelde, Brian Gilmore - Short presentations followed by questions. |
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12:45 to 14.00 |
Demonstrations: Blogs, Wikis, De.li.cious, Connotea, Folksonomies, podcasts, MP3 players, XML. |
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13.15 |
Lunch | |
| 14.00 |
“Let’s do it now”: Collaboration in an online environment - Kevin Thompson (Ultralab) Mainstream use of collaborative technologies - Brian Kelly (UK Web Focus, UKOLN) Environmental modelling and Web 2.0: Using Connotea to share XML-represented information - Robert Muetzelfeldt (Honorary Fellow)
“Behind the Scenes” - Chris Adie, Charlotte Waelde
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15.15 |
Tea / coffee |
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15.45 |
“Looking to the future”: Sharing wishes and ideas for a 5 year vision, using the Wiki. Will Web 2.0 kill the VLE? Wilma Alexander (MLE review group). Panel: David Dewhurst, Chris Adie, Charlotte Waelde, Kevin Thompson, Brian Kelly, Robert Muetzelfeldt. Predictions will be recorded, published, and reviewed in a year’s time. |
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16.20 |
Closing remarks: Helen Hayes |
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16.30 |
Close | |