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7 Things You Should Know About Backchannel Communication

February 9, 2010

Backchannel communication is a secondary conversation that takes place at the same time as a conference session, lecture, or instructor-led learning activity. This might involve students using a …

Sophisticated and Productive Tools for Higher Ed: Web 2.0

January 16, 2008 | A session at the EDUCAUSE Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference 2008

Higher education can benefit from the web 2.0 revolution, from simple tools that allow groups to communicate to combining databases that produce an entirely new product. Social networking, wikis, b…

7 Things You Should Know About Twitter

July 18, 2007

Twitter is an online application that is part blog, part social networking site, and part cell phone/IM tool. It is designed to let users describe what they are doing or thinking at a given momen…

Using Social Software to Enhance IT Operations

July 3, 2007

This research bulletin offers representative examples of social software in action within IT organizations at three institutions -- Duke University; the University of California, San Diego; and t…

Lightning Round of Innovative Work and Projects

March 13, 2007 | A session at the EDUCAUSE Midwest Regional Conference 2007

Come learn about innovative work being done in the Midwest region at this brisk, lively showcase of five-minute presentations from eight of your peer institutions. Time will be allotted for Q&A…

Digital Rendezvous: Social Software in Higher Education

January 16, 2007

The origins of social software—from blogs to facebooks to instant messaging to wikis—are firmly based in the information technologies of the past few decades. This research bulletin explores …

Web 2.0: A New Wave of Innovation for Teaching and Learning?

January 1, 2006

The Web version of this article differs somewhat from the print edition, reflecting recent and fast developments in the Web 2.0 world. Nothing has been cut from the earlier, print version; inst…