Literature
Review Outline
Susan
Connell
ED 690
Summer 2004
Uses
of Social Software in Education
I. Introduction
A.
Purpose of Literature Review
B. Social Software Overview
C. Why is Social Software Important?
II. Defining Social Software (Kaplan-Leirseron, 2003)
A. Weblogs
B. Wikis
C.
Instant Messaging and Chat
D. e-Mail
and Listserves
E. Discussion
Boards and Forums
F. Course
Management Systems
III. Current
Applications in Education
A. Language
learning
B. Writing
development and critique (Brooks, 2003)
C. Political
discourse
D. Collaborative
learning (Goodwin-Jones, 2003)
E. Synchronous
and asynchronous interactions
F. Research
tools
IV. Prevalence
of Social Software Use Today
A. Younger
generation leading the way (outside of classroom); slow to take hold
in college and university and even slower in K-12 (Kaplan-Leirseron,
2004)
B. Opportunity
for change (Gurak, 2004)
C. Blended
learning initiatives (Oravec, 2003)
V. Potential
Benefits of Social Software
A. Community
B.
Stimulate creativity (Weller, 2003)
C. Feedback
and critique
D. Free
flow of information (Unsworth, 2004)
E. Time
shifting/asynchronous communications
VI. Conclusions
A. Social
software is in its infancy, but offers great promise in a number of
areas
B. Rapid
developments make it hard to keep track of available technologies
C.
Lots of fragmented literature and research about narrow aspects of
social software but no overview of suggested best practices
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