Geographic Learning in Social Web Environments Josef Strobl UNIGIS Distance Learning Programme Centre for Geoinformatics Salzburg University, Austria
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Keywords Web 2.0 Social Web Real World vs. Virtual Worlds Active / Constructivist Learning Real-time Geography Virtual and Imaginary Worlds 3 / 40
(e)learning... as a Social Activity emphasis: different perspectives on elearning Development towards the Social Web and Semantic Web Hoschka (1998); Reed et al (2004) elearning 2.0 (Downes, 2005) 4 / 40
Social Web / Web 2.0 Wikis Blogs Networking via: Xing, LinkedIn, Virtual Worlds Second Life Social Web enabling of Virtual Globes (Worldwind, GE, MS VE local live, ArcGIS Explorer ) 5 / 40
Web 1.0 > 2.0 From linking documents towards linking people, generating ideas, 6 / 40
elearning LMS as distribution platforms for media and hubs for communication evolve towards Environments where concepts and ideas are understood / created / discussed 7 / 40
Communities of Practice are formed by people who engage in a process of collective learning in a shared domain of human endeavor: a tribe learning to survive, a band of artists seeking new forms of expression, a group of engineers working on similar problems, a clique of pupils defining their identity in the school, a network of surgeons exploring novel techniques, a gathering of firsttime managers helping each other cope. In a nutshell: Communities of practice are groups of people who share a concern or a passion for something they do and learn how to do it better as they interact regularly. (Wenger et al, 2002). 8 / 40
Is there any particular Geographic perspective? 9 / 40
Real < > Virtual Worlds > Connecting through Location < 10 / 40
Geographic Information and Web 2.0 Simple Georeferencing combined with spatial indexing / search Virtual Field Trips Wikis linked to VG s, map services Blogs and GeoRSS GeoFencing Social Networking in real life Virtual / Imaginary Worlds 11 / 40
Realtime Geographies Live connectivity enables realtime Example: cellphone localisation 12 / 40
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City Hot Spots Outbreak (405) Airport (7) CountyBoundary (1) Highw ays (3,660) Parks (17) Streets (22,682) Agricultural Land Use (86) Total Results (1) Railroads (598) 14 / 40
Beyond Learning Public Participation Community planning, environment, Virtual <> F2F Interaction Buddy lists, Hotspots etc New Orientation / Navigation Linking mental maps and real world 15 / 40
Public Participation Based in Internet Access Spatial Opinion Poll Make spatial decision finding transparent and accessible Create an opinion map Feed into policy / decision making 16 / 40
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Prerequisite: Pervasive Positioning Telecom Based GPS 24 satellites broadcasting fixed position Wi-Fi Smart Tags 18 / 40
Client complexity increases Client standardization decreases Network requirements decrease Storage capacity decreases Server complexity decreases Client complexity decreases Client standardization increases Network requirements increase Storage capacity increases Server complexity increases Visualization Visualization Visualization Visualization Client Geographic Analysis Geographic Analysis Geographic Analysis Alphanumeric Analysis Alphanumeric Analysis Geographic Analysis Data Management Alphanumeric Analysis Alphanumeric Analysis Server Data Management Data Management Data Management 19 / 40
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Immersive Environments 22 / 40
Virtual Globes 23 / 40
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Second Life 25 / 40
GISociety GISociety Education Business Technology Enabled Aware Literate Spatially 26 / 40
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