Key issues:
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Copyright and intellectual property rights
Are you willing to share the material with a wider audience on the web?
How will you moderate the use of copyright materials and even materials you have written or created specifically for your use?
Do you have the licence to reproduce the content on the web?
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Accessibility and usability
How reliable is the technology that you are using?
Do you need any special software or licences?
Will your students be able to easily access and use these sites resources?
How will you match the technical skills and expertise among your students?
Will you provide any training to your students to enable effective use of these tools?
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Monitoring use
How will you monitor student contributions and manage inappropriate postings etc?
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Interoperability
Is it possible to integrate search and other functionalities from various social networking tools in your application?
Will you be able to link to web 2.0 sites from within managed environments such as MOODLE, CECIL learning management systems?
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Sustainability of resources
What plans do you have to retain/preserve the data from your application?
Will the web 2.0 environment that you use support the backup of information and resusability of resources/content?
How long will the information/data be housed on the web server your application is running on?
Reference:
Web 2.0 and social software: An introduction. In JISC briefing paper, September 2007.
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