WEB 2.0 TECHNOLOGIES



Web 2.0 is a set of internet activities and tools which are concerned with the communication and participation among the users, the use of this technology is increasing day by day by the users.World Wide Web (w.w.w) was invented by Briton Sir Tim Berners-Lee, some of the technologies like:
1 Podcasting
2 Tagging
3 Blogs
4 Wikis


Now i would like to explain the use of some of these technologies in an organization like Middlesex university, how is it implemented in the university and the benefits of these technologies to the university.

Podcasting
A podcasting is a digital media files, usually digital audio files or video, that is made available for download via web syndication.

RECORDING A COURSE PODCAST IN A CLASSROOM

If a teacher or a student want to record the lecture in a classroom it can be done with the help of pod cast, we can directly upload the course pod cast to your pod cast folder from the classroom computer. But it is important to inform at the beginning of the class. Podcasting can also be used in the office to get any important information.

Recording a public access podcast

Public podcast is different from course podcast, A public podcast is a general interest which is open to the public. On the other hand a course podcast is restricted to students who are registered for the course. General public cannot access a course podcast, unless the instructor makes his/ his course podcast available to the public.

Educational Uses

Podcasting can be used whenever audio or video will enhance student learning, One use of pod casting is to create an archive of class lectures that students can listen to at their convenience.Since many podcasts resemble radio style broadcasts, they are commonly used for news and updates,and because pod casting provides automatic updates,

Podcasting can be used whenever audio, particularly the human voice, and/or video will enhance student learning. One obvious use of podcasting in an educational context is to create an archive of class lectures that students can listen to at their convenience. However, given the distinctive features of podcasting, its potential goes far beyond reproducing course materials and making them available for review. Since many podcasts resemble radio-style broadcasts, they are commonly used for news and updates, and because podcasting provides automatic updates to anyone who subscribes, it provides an easy means of delivering up-to-date content to students, for playback at any time or any place. Instructors can use podcasting technologies to deliver to students items such as the following:

1. news/updates;
2. guest lectures;
3. student presentations;
4. student-produced podcasts;
5. interviews with guest experts;
6. tours/field work activities;
7. internship/residency content;
8. feedback/evaluations of student work;
9. supplementary materials such as speeches, music, and other audio recordings; and
10. short language lessons, or other lessons that help students develop listening and speaking skills.

IMPLEMENTATON OF PODCASTING IN MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY

1.With the help of pod casting students can get information of the events in the university.

2. Instructors or students can record the lectures using pod casting.

3.If there is any important information in the lecture like bringing any slides to the class, any material or timings of the class , these things can be done through pod casting.

TAGGING

Tags are nothing but more than keywords used to describe a piece of data that might be a web page , digital photo , or any other digital document .(WIKIPEDIA)

USE OF TAGGING IN UNIVERSITY

If the university wants some information about a student as there are no of students in the university , for example if they the information about me, so to get my information easily they will search in the category of international students and then nationality I.e Indian and then year of joining the university , (international students, nationality and the year are the keywords) so with the help of tagging we can easily get the information about the student.

ATTACK CLOUDING

Attack clouding is like highlighting the subtitles of the main title for example knowledge management is the main title and knowledge sharing, knowledge creation, implementation of knowledge in an organization etc are the subtitles , so if the student wants to look at the lecture of the knowledge management with the help of tagging(attack clouding)he can easily get that here the keywords are lecture name, professor’s name, day room no. so these are the benefits for the students and also for the instructor’s.

META DATA

Meta data is the data about other data of any sort in any media, it’s a data which provides information about or documentation of other data managed within the application or the environment.(wikipedia) which is same as tagging.

Finally i can say that by using web 2.0 technology like podcasting, tagging, meta data,blogs etc we can have more benefits to the organizations like our Middlesex University and also develops the organization.

REFERENCE

• TROUTNER,JOANNE. “BEST SITES FOR EDUCATIONAL PODCASTS”.TEACHER LIBRARIAN 34 NO .3 (2007).

• MUNINDRA KHUND, TULIO LLSOA AND SHERRY HUTSON DECEMBER7, 2006, TULIO LLSOA AND SHERRY HUTSON.

• KAPLAN-LEISERSON, E.2005, "TREND: PODCASTING IN ACADEMIC AND CORPORATE LEARNING", LEARNING CIRCUITS, JUNE 2005.

• SWAIN, H., 2006, "LET THEM TUNE IN", THE TIMES HIGHER, FEB 3RD.(SUMMARIZED ON http:// www.lums.lancs.ac.uk/news/7196/ viewed 1st jan 2007)