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Using Web 2.0 to Engage Students in the Classroom
- “2010 Horizon Report”, New Media Consortium (NMC). The annual Horizon Report describes the continuing work of the NMC’s Horizon Project, a research-oriented effort that seeks to identify and describe emerging technologies likely to have considerable impact on teaching, learning, and creative expression within higher education.
- Alexander, Bryan. “Web 2.0: A New Wave of Innovation for Teaching and Learning?”, EDUCAUSE Review, Volume 41, Number 2 (March/April 2006). Web 1.0 has demonstrated immense powers for connecting learners, teachers, and materials. How much more broadly will this connective matrix grow under the impact of the openness, ease of entry, and social nature of Web 2.0?
- Alexander, Bryan, and Alan Levine. “Web 2.0 Storytelling: Emergence of a New Genre”, EDUCAUSE Review, Volume 43, Number 6 (November/December 2008).
- Calongne, Cynthia M. “Educational Frontiers: Learning in a Virtual World”, EDUCAUSE Review, Volume 43, Number 5 (September/October 2008). Classes in virtual worlds offer opportunities for visualization, simulation, enhanced social networks, and shared learning experiences.
- Diaz, Veronica and Rochelle Rodrigo. “Web 2.0 for the 21st Century Learner” EDUCAUSE Live! October 2, 2008.
- EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative 7 Things You Should Know Series. Below are just a few titles in this series that relate to Web 2.0 technologies that engage students in the classroom.
- 7 Things You Should Know About LMS Alternatives (July 2010)
- 7 Things You Should Know About Mobile Apps for Learning(May 2010)
- 7 Things You Should Know About Backchannel Communication (Feb 2010)
- 7 Things You Should Know About Collaborative Annotation (Oct 2009)
- 7 Things You Should Know About Microblogging (Jul 2009)
- 7 Things You Should Know About Personal Learning Environments(May 2009)
- 7 Things You Should Know About Live Question Tool (Apr 2009)
- 7 Things You Should Know About Alternate Reality Games (Jan 2009)
- 7 Things You Should Know About Flickr (Feb 2008)
- 7 Things You Should Know About Second Life (Jun 2008)
- 7 Things You Should Know About Ning (Apr 2008)
- 7 Things You Should Know About Twitter (Jul 2008)
- Ettzevoglou, Nathalie and Jessica McBride, “Ning and Writing to Learn”, EDUCAUSE Quarterly, Volume 32, Number 4, 2009. This article describes the authors’ personal experiment using Ning, a social networking site, which offers a variety of Web 2.0 tools that can help students learn to write as well as write to learn
- Fang, Berlin, “From Distraction to Engagement: Wireless Devices in the Classroom”, EDUCAUSE Quarterly, Volume 32, Number 4, 2009.
- Kelton, A.J., “Virtual Worlds? ‘Outlook Good’”, EDUCAUSE Review, Volume 43, Number 5 (September/October 2008).
- Kim, Joshua, The Convergence of Lecture Capture and Social Media, EDUCAUSE Live! January 26, 2010.
- Lomas, Cyprien, Michael Burke, and Carie Page. “Collaboration Tools”, ELI White Paper, August 2008.
- McGee, Patricia and Veronica Diaz. “Wikis and Podcasts and Blogs! Oh, My! What Is a Faculty Member Supposed to Do?”, EDUCAUSE Review, Volume 42, Number 5 (September/October 2007).
- Webb, Ed, “Engaging Students with Engaging Tools”, EDUCAUSE Quarterly, Volume 32, Number 4, 2009.
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Library Items on this Topic
EDUCAUSE Library Items for Web 2.0
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Web 2.0
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Web 2.0 True Using Web 2.0 to Engage Students in the C…
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Overcoming Hurdles to Social Media in Education
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April 1, 2013
Key Takeaways According to a recent study, 100 percent of colleges and universities surveyed use social media , but instructors use it far less for teaching than they do for per…
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Digital Popcorn: Making Media Better
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February 14, 2013
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A session at the West/Southwest Regional Conference
The Popcorn.js framework works within HTML 5 and offers tools to enhance audio and video files embedded within webpages. We will discuss our initial efforts, trials, and tribulations in joining Pop…
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Bucknell University Social Media Guidelines
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April 26, 2012
These guidelines are intended to help Bucknell University faculty and staff who create and manage social media presences as University representatives, either as individual professionals or on be…
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Open Wikis and the Protection of Institutional Welfare
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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…
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Relationships Matter: Cultivating and Redefining Customer Service Outreach through Social Media and Web 2.0 Tools
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March 28, 2012
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A session at the EDUCAUSE Midwest Regional Conference 2012
Do you have strong professional relationships with your clients? Does your organization provide technology or instructional support that meets your organization's needs? At Loyola University C…
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Going Digital: Conducting Student Research in Teams with Web 2.0
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January 12, 2012
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A session at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference 2012
This session describes how student researchers used digital media, including a class wiki, to conduct a multi-team research project. Attendees will learn about the challenges of coordinating the wo…
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Disrupting Ourselves: Cherished Assumptions, New Designs, and the Problem of Learning in Higher Ed - Sponsored by WTC Consulting
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January 11, 2012
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A session at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference 2012
Our concept of learning has expanded at a rate far outpacing our notion of teaching, an issue that applies to the design and delivery of learning experiences. This presentation will look at how thi…
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Moving Outside the LMS: Matching Web 2.0 Tools to Instructional Purpose
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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…
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Using Web 2.0 Technology to Make Large Classes Seem Smaller
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October 19, 2011
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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…
