Collaborative Technologies

EDUCAUSE Library Items for Collaborative Technologies

Open Wikis and the Protection of Institutional Welfare

February 7, 2012

Much has been written about wikis’ reliability and use in the classroom. This research bulletin addresses the negative impacts on institutional welfare that can arise from participating in a…

Moving Outside the LMS: Matching Web 2.0 Tools to Instructional Purpose

September 7, 2011

What considerations support the decision to either augment or replace an institution’s existing learning management system (LMS) with a cloud-based, Web 2.0 technology tool to suppor…

Using Web 2.0 Technology to Make Large Classes Seem Smaller

October 19, 2011 | A session at the EDUCAUSE 2011 Annual Conference

While large classes are an economic necessity in higher education, they are often viewed as impersonal and a poor model for learning. This interactive session will demonstrate the results of a coll…

Collaborative Learning and Transmedia Teaching (Pilot Program/Emerging Technology)

February 14, 2011 | A session at the ELI Annual Meeting 2011

In this session we explain, demonstrate, and discuss a course we co-teach at the University of Oregon that uses the WordPress MultiUser platform as a framework for creating a dynamic, collaborative…

Wikify Your Course: Designing and Implementing a Wiki for Your Learning Environment

September 22, 2010

Key Takeaways Wikis help engage students in their learning while providing social interaction with their peers in the learning process. A wiki assignment should enable students to work …

7 Things You Should Know About Privacy in Web 2.0 Learning Environments

September 7, 2010

New media, social networking, collaboration sites, image and video-sharing sites, wikis, and blogs offer tremendous teaching and learning opportunities to educators and students, but their use ra…

Web 2.0 Endorsements for Teaching and Learning Tools

June 2, 2010 | A session at the EDUCAUSE Southeast Regional Conference 2010

As "cloud" tools proliferate, it is increasingly easier to integrate these new media tools into the academy and to adapt them for our teaching and learning environments. In addition to th…

Teaching with Social Networks: Establishing a Social Contract

May 18, 2010

This ECAR research bulletin discusses the use of student-developed social contracts to support a vital online community of inquiry. In blended classes—which combine co-present and web-mediated…

Rebooting the Past, Uploading the Future: Web 2.0 and the Study of History Through a Living Learning Community (Learning Technology)

January 19, 2010 | A session at the ELI Annual Meeting 2010

In this case study, the instructor, the undergraduate teaching assistant, and a library administrator will assess how new media and Web 2.0 technologies transform project-based learning within a un…

Using Web Technology to Teach Students About Their Digital World

January 13, 2010 | A session at the EDUCAUSE Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference 2010

In the School of Business at TCNJ, students are required to enroll in a course that focuses on emerging technologies and intermediate level data analysis skills. This course requires that we spend …