The document discusses the relevance of Web 2.0 applications for nursing informatics and professional development. It provides examples of how blogs, wikis, social networking, and other Web 2.0 tools can be used for content creation, sharing information, and connecting people in healthcare. Challenges in using these tools include privacy concerns, proprietary vs open-source platforms, and engagement of users.

1. Peter J. Murray, W. Scott Erdley What Relevance do Web 2.0 Applications Have for Nursing Informatics and Professional Development?

2. Peter J. Murray RN, PhD, MSc, CertEd, FBCS CITP Director and Founding Fellow: CHIRAD (UK), CHIRAD Africa Vice President Strategic Planning and Acting Executive Director: IMIA

3. W. Scott Erdley , DNS, RN Associate Professor, Wegmans School of Nursing St. John Fisher College Member: CHIRAD

4. What is the panel all about? An overview/reminder of what Web 2.0 is Some examples that we have been using Using Web 2.0 tools in 'education' Some new tools Discussion – issues and challenges for use in healthcare, nursing, informatics etc.

5. With thanks to nursing informatics colleagues: Karl Øyri Rod Ward Margaret Maag Bill Perry

6. Additional thanks, interaction, ideas: IMIA Web 2.0 Exploratory Taskforce www.imiaweb2taskforce.org Some of the pioneers in Health 2.0 and related topics - Berci, Jen, Cisco, Maarten, Luis, Chris .... (at Medicine 2.0 conference)

8. My aim is to agitate and disturb people. I ’ m not selling bread, I ’ m selling yeast. Miguel de Unamuno, writer and philosopher (1864-1936) ‏ … or ...

9. We're not giving any answers - just asking questions and asking you to think

10. Web 1.0 1989 - 2004(?) http://simplecomplexity.net/natural-language/what-is-web-30/

11. Web 2.0 is … a term referring to a) improved communication and collaboration between people via social-networking technologies, b) improved communication between separate software applications ("mashups") via open Web standards for describing and accessing data, and c) improved Web interfaces that mimic the real-time responsiveness of desktop applications within a browser window. (Eysenbach; March 2008)

12. Web 2.0 2004(ish) - 2015(?) http://simplecomplexity.net/natural-language/what-is-web-30/

14. … or we can view Web 2.0 as ... web-applications that get more useful the more people use them ... - and apply this to health IT (Chris Paton – personal email discussion, March 2009)

15. Web 2.0 claims: Applications will provide benefit to the international health and nursing informatics communities - will allow users to interact with a dynamic, multimedia, and engaging Web platform - will foster interaction, communities, etc. - will change the way we work - will change healthcare, medicine, nursing

16. Web 2.0 claims: Are any of these true? Do we have any evidence? How much do nurses use them - as opposed to other health (informatics) professionals? Plenty of consumers – not so many producers or much real interaction The 1% rule - if you get a group of 100 people online then one will create content, 10 will "interact" with it (commenting or offering improvements) and the other 89 will just view it.

18. Some Web 2.0 tools we are using here Blog (Wordpress) - to report on event; encourage interaction and 'virtual participation' Twitter (@ni2009) - to report on event; encourage interaction and 'virtual participation' Facebook (NI2009 'event') - social networking YouTube, podcast (future use) - recording of sessions etc.

22. Blogs Publish content - text mainly – but also graphics and multiple media - sharing of others' content - frequent updates possible; rapid publication - distribution by RSS feeds (to RSS reader, email, etc) - one or multiple authors - 'editorial' policies vary - can be transient opinion or highly researched - but increasing issues around who is reading them - eg: - FTC (Federal Trade Commission) looking at ethical issues (FTC plans to monitor blogs for claims and payments, http://www.buffalonews.com/145/story/710835.html accessed 06.22.09)

25. Social networking (Facebook, LinkedIn, Ning, and many others) - focus on interaction, collaboration - social or professional (or mix of both) - allow multiple media, inclusion of and or links to other applications to give rich environment - increasing links between apps (eg Twitter feed on Facebook) (- and many rely on open source)

28. Wikis Collaborative document production and editing environments - allow 'roll-back' to earlier versions, corrections - usually multi-author (often 'experts') - authentication systems; expectation of evidence (eg Wikipedia) - mainly text, but multiple media possible

36. RSS (Really Simple Syndication) - means of pushing information to users from such items as wikis, blogs, and other 'active' net sites - different formats are possible - able to be 'read' by separate 'reader applications' as well as web browsers - allow for users to be kept 'up-to-date' without visiting the actual site (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSS, 06.22.09)

41. Microblogging, short/instant messaging Twitter - 140 character limit - current exponential growth - followers and following – quasi 'community' - interaction, retweets, private messages - many ways to read and post (third party apps) - 'the jury is still out' on long-term value

44. Where next?

45. Web 3.0 2012(ish?) - ???? http://simplecomplexity.net/natural-language/what-is-web-30/ Semantic Web; 'Web of things'

46. 12-15 September, 2010 Cape Town, South Africa www.medinfo2010.org Submissions deadline: 30 September 2009 http://medinfo2010.online-registry.net/

47. Further information and contact (and any updated version of presentation) ‏ www.hi-blogs.info peterjmurray@gmail.com scott.erdley@gmail.com @peterjmurray (on Twitter)