Monday, November 17, 2008
1:30 PM-5:00 PM
Abstract:
In this workshop we will explore a selection of web-based communication and collaboration tools, their use in day-to-day as well as innovative approaches for university education and their relative benefit for teaching and learning. Further more we will discuss gathered experiences from different universities regarding usability aspects and varying user needs, intra-group and inter-group interaction. Participants are welcome to share personal experiences. This workshop will highlight hands-on interactions and discussions of three groups of Web 2.0 applications - for collaborative learning and knowledge exchange, for supporting teaching and learning processes and for managing the personal information space. Finally participants will have attained a transparent overview which tools are most suitable for which purpose and which they are able to benefit from without much effort. All materials of this workshop will be made available online for participants.
Objectives:
Participants will get an overview of web-based communication and collaboration tools for hassle-free use in university education with in-depth hands-on experience.
Participants will explore a selection of Web 2.0 applications grouped into three operational areas
(1) for collaborative learning and knowledge exchange: blog, wiki, mindmap and whiteboard,
(2) for supporting teaching and learning processes: task management, project management, groupware,
(3) for managing the personal information space: bookmarks, notes, online desktop.
Focusing on participants' interests we will compare and contrast the basic outline, functionality and purpose of these web-based learning tools.
Participants will learn about settings for successful use in education, basic instructional set-up and common benefits in teaching and research.
Outline:
1. Introduction/Overview
2. Exploring Web 2.0 tools for collaborative learning and knowledge exchange and discussing functionality, purpose, educational settings:
2.1 Blog
2.2 Wiki
2.3 Mindmapping
2.4 Whiteboard
3. Exploring Web 2.0 tools for supporting teaching and learning processes and discussing functionality, purpose, educational settings:
3.1 Task Management
3.2 Project Management
3.3 Groupware
4. Exploring Web 2.0 tools for managing the personal information space and discussing functionality, purpose, educational settings
4.1 Bookmarks
4.2 Notes
4.3 Online Desktop
5. Summary
5.1 Teaching and learning tools selection strategies
5.2 Best practices
6. General discussion/Shared experiences
Prerequisites:
Affinity using the World Wide Web.
Bring your laptop computer to participate in the demonstrations.
Participants are encouraged to share personal experiences.
Intended Experience Level:
Beginner
Instructor Qualifications:
EDUCATION:
Annette Baumann is currently a doctoral candidate in Applied Informatics at the Technische Universität in Munich. She graduated from the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich with master’s degree in Communication Science and Computer Science in 2001.
Her research interest includes collaborative learning technologies, Web 2.0 and social software as a means of bridging the gap between research and teaching and facilitating innovative approaches for summer school programs.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
Annette Baumann has extensive experience in university education. She’s been continuously teaching at the Technische Universität in Munich since 2002. Subject of her classes and students' projects are web design basics and web application building. In addition she's been involved in training and coaching of faculty and staff using the central e-learning and web content management systems for teaching and learning.
For the past three years she’s also been teaching at the Summer Schools in Computer Science at the University of Bremen and the University of Applied Science in Furtwangen in Germany and at the University of Hamilton in New Zealand.
At this years IASTED Web-Based Education Conference she presented the only tutorial about web-based communication and collaboration tools to support collaborative learning and knowledge exchange.
WORK EXPERIENCE:
Besides her teaching and training activities, her main work field at the media production department of the Technische Universität München was the universities web portal and content management system and the launch of the e-learning plattform.
Since 2007 she’s working at the Institute of Automatic Control Engineering for the scientific management of CoTeSys (COgnition for TEchnical SYStems), a newly established research cluster of excellence, developing strategies to integrate Web-based applications and emerging technologies for community support.