A presentation given to a multi-disciplinary audience on the value of web 2.0. The Rehabilitation and Disability Research Colloquium, 29 - 30 November 2007, Rehabilitation and Disability Research Theme, University of Otago
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1. The place and value of Web 2.0 tools
in supporting the development of
research communities
Presenter: Merrolee Penman
MA(Educ), NZROT
2. What is Web 2.0?
Tools designed to enable building of networks
which provide a natural framework for
participation, collaboration and sharing amongst
a community of users (O’Reilly, 2005).
3. Who knows about these types of
Web 2.0 tools.?
Social bookmarking
Newsreaders
Google books/docs
Not me!
Wikis
5. Why consider Web 2.0 tools?
Exploring tools for alternatives for PD
Butto Web 2.0 occupational
what are
Exposed
therapists doing?
Exposed to Web 2.0 working for individuals
6. …..not much!!!
Low presence of occupational therapists
Lack of awareness that Web 2.0 existed
Professional group that are wary of
technology
Resource poor
7. Why was I worried?
Trends in continuing education/professional
development
Increase in Aotearoa occupational therapy
research but dissemination of findings limited
Theory – practice divide
8. Why does a divide exist?
(Kielhofner, 2005)
Professional practice would improve with
increased research
Knowing how… flows from knowing about..
Isolation of scholars from practitioners
Publish or ‘perish’
+…knowledge is ‘locked up’ to the few who can
access
11. Engaged scholarship
Process to bridge2006) gap
(Kielhofner, et al., the
Knowledge is judged for practical utility
Research grounded in real life
Theory, experiential knowledge and practical
know-how equally valued
Researcher/practitioner collaboration
12. Knowledge – creating system
Capacity
Practice
building
innovation
Theory
and
research
14. Is a bridge enough?
How do the practitioners and researchers find
each other?
How do the researchers find each other?
How do those people who have found each
other find more like minded people?
How do they communicate and share, if they
aren’t in the same location?
What if they don’t have resources to travel?
16. Tools designed to enable building of networks
which provide a natural framework for
participation, collaboration and sharing amongst
a community of users.
(O’Reilly, 2005).
17. Blogging
On the run or Mind Hacks
E-mentoring for midwives or Sex and PHD
Occupational therapy – educational issues
25. Confidence in learning..
Most confident if….
Call for help
Others available for help
Lots of time to learn
Someone giving step by step instructions
Most not confident with…
Written instructions only
26. Self-efficacy?
Most expected to:
Experience many problems
Give up quickly if it didn’t work
Ask immediately for help
Get frustrated and annoyed by lack of
progress
27. What tools do they like…
Del.icio.us/citeulike
iGoogle
Blogs
28. What supported their use of Web 2.0
tools?
Learning process
Novelty
Some relevant material, easily accessible
International perspective
Access client perspectives
30. M1
What would make the difference?
Modelling by academics
social bookmarking
blogging
openess to communicate
Support from managers
Presence of ‘experts’ on the web
31. http://otexperiment.wordpress.com
I’ve just posted a comment on MetaOT’s website,
which is great for my learning. I can really see the
potential if all OT’s who were on the web started a
blog and shared their bookmarks with the rest of
the world, what a big step that could be for us! But
time time time, that’s what it takes. Maybe if the
few of us keep this up and do the hard work, it
won’t seem like such a big deal for others to catch
on. Here’s hoping, for my blog and for others.