Each week will start on a Monday. Please note that I will be at a conference during the week of Monday, November 3rd and we will not be meeting this week. It will take approximately five to seven hours to complete each weeks deliverables (this is just an estimate and you may find it taking slightly less or more time). As we work together each week the schedule can be modified based upon the amount of time it is taking people to complete each weeks deliverables. With having a week off in the middle of the course would allow you to either continue working on the first two weeks material or to start the third week early based upon your schedule. Each week there are two readings along with creating a post on your blog to reflect on what we have done each week. This will make it easy to go back and reference what you have done after the course has finished.
Week 1 – How to Define Web 2.0, Blog Introduction
October 20th to October 26th
This week will take about 5 to 6 hours to complete. This will be an opportunity to explore the strengths and weaknesses of different blogs and determine which one you would like to use for this course. A blog could be used by a team of people working on a project together where they can communicate with each other. Another great feature could be to use the blog to communicate news events to your library community or a specific group of people such as student workers. The possibilities are endless when it comes to using a blog. A blog could also be configured to be used as a website for a library or organization within one.
The readings for this week will introduce and discuss a variety of technologies that have been created and provide a context for the digital expansion of information. They will provide several different possibilities on how technology can support the mission of a library. For example, Cambell talks about the impact of emerging technologies on information literacy and how they can be used to select materials more efficiently.
Readings
Cambell, J. (2006). Changing a Cultural Icon: The Academic Library as a Virtual Destination. Educause Review, 41(1), 16-31. Retrieved from http://www.educause.edu/ero/article/changing-cultural-icon-academic-library-virtual-destination
Wallis, R. (2007). Web 2.0 To Library 2.0 – From Debate To Reality A Presentation to the cpd 25 Conference, 23 April 2007, London. New Review of Information Networking, 13(1), 53-64. Retrieved from Academic Search Complete. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=27394899&site=ehost-live&scope=site
Material for Reference
Scoble, R., Israel, R. (2006). Naked conversations: how blogs are changing the way business talk with customers. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley.
Blog Examples
- Blogger
- LiveJournal
- Typepad – this is a paid service
- WordPress
Assessment/Deliverables
- Complete this weeks readings
- Explore Software to create Blogs – about 1 to 1/2 hours
- Create a Blog – 2 to 3 hours. Could be less than 1 hour depending on how much you decide to customize the blog that you have created.
- Create a brief blog post about your experience creating a blog and your decision why you selected the particular software that you did
- Submit URL of blog to instructor to post on course blog
Learning Outcomes for Week 1
- Evaluate emerging technologies that are considered to be Web 2.0 and how they can support the various projects that a library community is working on
- Evaluate several different types of blogs to better understand how they could support the needs of your library
| Week 1 How to Define Web 2.0 and Blog Introduction | |
| Criteria | Check List |
| Complete this weeks readings | |
| Research and Explore Software used to create blogs | |
| Create a blog | |
| Send the link to your blog to Patrick | |
| Technical Execution—Practical application of technology; technical proficiency of blog | |
| Creativity—Use of imagination; evidence of risk-taking; application of personal voice; unique quality of ideas | |
| Write a brief blog post discussing the software that you chose | |
| Presentation—Professionalism and craftsmanship of blog | |
| Participation—respond to at least two other classmates blog posts |
Week 2 – RSS Feeds and Social Bookmarking….taking them on the road with a browser
October 27th to November 2nd
It will take about 5 hours to complete this weeks deliverables. In this week we will expand on the knowledge that we learned about blogs during the first week. We will research and create an account with a feed reader that will allow you to subscribe to several different RSS feeds in one location allowing you to read the updates of a blog in one location. Using a feed reader will make reading updates easier because it prevents the need to go to several different blogs to find out if they have been updated. Let’s say that you follow 11 different blogs on a variety of different topics. A feed reader will allow you to read all of the updates of the blogs in one place, so you do not have to go to 11 different places to find out if it has been updated and read new content. We will also be researching and subscribing to a social bookmarking website. This will allow for you to view your bookmarks from any computer or device that has access to the internet.
Using a social bookmarking website will allow for you to share useful websites with a variety of different people. For example, you could create a category for selecting electronic resources that you could share with other people who are doing collection development activities.
Readings
Williams, P. (2007). There are real people in there? Blogging at the University of Worchester. Serials, 21(1), 9-13. Retrieved from Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts with Full Text. http://ehis.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail?vid=4&sid=1b9c725b-0f4a-4e0e-bf10-942b35677bff%40sessionmgr15&hid=16&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZSZzY29wZT1zaXRl#db=lih&AN=31748385
Fontichiaro, K. (2008). Using Social Bookmarking to Organize the Web. School Library Media Activities Monthly, 24(9), 27-28. Retrieved from Applied Science & Technology Source.
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aci&AN=31952574&site=ehost-live&scope=site
Feed Reader Examples
Online
Desktop
- FeedDemon – windows
- NetNewsWire – mac
- RSSOwl – lynix, mac, windows
Social Bookmarking Site Examples
Assessment/Deliverables
- Complete this weeks readings
- Explore feed readers and create an account with an online reader or download and install one on your computer. Subscribe to the RSS/Atom feed of at least 3 blogs that other people in the course have created. Also subscribe to at least 3 other ones that you would like to follow. 1 1/2 to 2 hours
- Explore social bookmarking websites and create an account with an online service. After creating an account bookmark 5 or more websites using the service. 1 1/2 to 2 hours
- Make a blog post based upon this weeks readings and your experience using a feed reader and a social bookmarking website
Learning Outcomes Week 2
- Evaluate feed readers and social bookmarking websites to determine which one would best meet your needs
- To learn about how feed readers and social bookmarking can help you to become more efficient and improve the services that you offer to your library community
| Week 2 RSS Feeds and Social Bookmarking | |
| Criteria | Check List |
| Complete this weeks readings | |
| Explore feed readers and create an account with one. | |
| Subscribe to at least 6 RSS Feeds (Blogs) using a feed reader. 3 should be for other classmates and 3 should be of your choice. | |
| Explore social bookmarking websites and create an account with one. | |
| Subscribe to 5 or more websites using your the social bookmarking site you selected. | |
| Technical Execution—Practical application of technology; technical proficiency. Ability to subscribe to rss feeds and websites using a social bookmarking website | |
| Write a blog post about experience using your RSS feed reader and social bookmarking tool | |
| Presentation—Professionalism and craftsmanship | |
| Participation—respond to at least two other classmates blog posts |
November 3rd to November 10th – At a conference
We will not be meeting this week.
Week 3 – Online Training and Learning
November 10th to November 16th
This week will take about 5 hours to complete. During this week we will be reading two great articles about sketching and creating a storyboard. These articles will help us to create a wireframe model or sketch that can be used as a reference for a tutorial that you have been thinking about creating. The material that we learn this week will help out with library instruction and/or help promote your library in new ways.
Readings
Buick, P. (2011, December 13). The Messy Art of UX Sketching. Smashing Magazine. Retrieved from http://uxdesign.smashingmagazine.com/2011/12/13/messy-art-ux-sketching/.
Leeder, K. (2009). Learning to teach through video. In The Library With The Lead Pipe, 1-6. Retrieved from Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts with Full Text. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=lih&AN=45003245&site=ehost-live&scope=site.
Material For Reference
Making Metabolism Easier to Digest – http://delta.ncsu.edu/deltawire/making-metabolism-easier-to-digest/
This article discusses a project using storyboards to create animations about the digestive process. At the end there are links to four different animations that were created based upon the storyboard that was created.
Assessment/Deliverables
- Complete this weeks readings
- Explore and look at online tutorials and write a short blog post based upon what you observed. 1 1/2 to 2 hours
- Create a wireframe model, storyboard, or script about a tutorial that you would like to create. Please note we will not be creating a tutorial as part of this course; However, you can use this assignment to help you create one in the future. If you create a wireframe model or storyboard you will want to create two sketches. If you write a script it should be about one page in length. Before creating your wireframe model, storyboard, or script take some time to think about what format you would like to use for your tutorial. For example, will it be a video, website, online presentation etc. 2 hours.
Learning Outcome for Week 3
- Create a script/prototype for instructional materials to support the needs of students
- To understand ho instruction materials can help people learn new things
| Week 3 Online Training and Learning | |
| Criteria | Check List |
| Complete this weeks readings | |
| Research online tutorials | |
| Create a wireframe model, storyboard, or script. This depends on what format you plan on using for the tutorial. | |
| Creativity—Use of imagination; evidence of risk-taking; application of personal voice; unique quality of ideas | |
| Write a blog post about the research you did about online tutorials | |
| Presentation—Professionalism and craftsmanship | |
| Participation—respond to at least two other classmates blog posts |
Week 4 – Mashups
November 17th to November 23rd
Please expect this week to take about 7 hours to complete. Plan on taking more time to complete this weeks deliverables than previous ones. This week will involve the most time because you will be creating both a Google Map with directions and a mashup that requires you to create a web page in your blog with several items. In order to complete the deliverables for this week you will need to have a Google account or be willing to create one. This week is all about mashups where we will take several different online services and combine them together to create a web page in your blog. Mashups are all about taking a variety of different things and combining them together in one place.
A mashup could be created for an information literacy session by adding it to a subject guide on your libraries website to help people explore content in new ways. It could also be added to a new web page to your libraries website to enhance or create a new service. For example, you could create a category in your the social bookmarking service called Life and Times and embed it into a webpage that you could use to teach a class. Another example, could be to include resources in your Learning Management system that makes it easy for instructors to provide additional information about the library.
Readings
Blansit, B. (2010). Interacting with Commercial Web Services in Novel Ways: Google Maps as an Example of Personalizing Web Services. Journal Of Electronic Resources In Medical Libraries, 7(2), 171-179. doi:10.1080/15424065.2010.483156. Retrieved from Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts with Full Text http://ehis.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail?vid=9&sid=de9c5bfc-4617-4b0a-9e28-8dc6b70f918c%40sessionmgr110&hid=116&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZSZzY29wZT1zaXRl#db=lih&AN=51095213
Cho, A. (2007). An introduction to mashups for health librarians. Journal of the Canadian Health Libraries Association, 28(1), 19-22. Retrived from http://pubs.chla-absc.ca/toc/jchla/28/1.
Materials for Reference
Gibson, R., & Erie, S. (2006). Google Maps Hacks. CA: O’Reilly.
Static Maps API V2 Developer Guide
Assessment/Deliverables
- Complete the readings for this week
- Create a Map using Google Maps – the map will be used for directions between two points. For example, directions from your library to a great restaurant in the area. 2 hours
- Create a Mashup using the Google Map that you created and at least 3 other items. This will be an HTML web page that will contain at least 4 items. To view an example of a mashup for this week please go to the following URL URL http://www.patrickrunfit.com/emerging/mashup.html. 3 hours
- Examples – chat widget, social bookmarks, worldcat.org search box, etc.
- Write a blog post about your experience creating the Google Map and a Mashup.
Learning Outcomes for Week 4
- Evaluate how Google Maps could be used to visual represent information that helps provide better services for your library patrons
- Evaluate several different types of technologies to better understand how they can support the needs of an academic institution
- Create a mashup based upon your evaluation of several different emerging technologies
Interesting article about the future of Emerging Technologies
Dempsey, L. (2012). Libraries and the informational future: Some notes. Information Services & Use, 32(3/4), 201-212. Retrieved from Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts with Full Text http://ehis.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail?vid=29&sid=de9c5bfc-4617-4b0a-9e28-8dc6b70f918c%40sessionmgr110&hid=116&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZSZzY29wZT1zaXRl#db=lih&AN=84931386
| Week 4 Mashups | |
| Criteria | Check List |
| Complete this weeks readings | |
| Create a Map Using Google Maps | |
| Create a Web Page in your Blog – this will contain your Mashup | |
| Create Mashup – containing Google Map and at least 3 other items. The mashup will contain a total of at least 4 items. | |
| Technical Execution—Practical application of technology; technical proficiency | |
| Creativity—Use of imagination, evidence of risk-taking, unique quality of ideas | |
| Write a blog post about experience | |
| Presentation—Professionalism and craftsmanship | |
| Participation—respond to at least two other classmates blog posts |