Web 2.0

EDUCAUSE Library Items for Web 2.0

Exposing Emerging Pedagogies: Can Web 2.0 Tools Influence Teaching and Learning? (Research-Based)

February 15, 2011 | A session at the ELI Annual Meeting 2011

Institutions of all types are experimenting with blogs and wikis in various academic environments. Years ago, Penn State made a strategic decision to implement institutional blogging and wiki platf…

"Bag It and Tag It": Implementing a Course-Level Learning Portfolio Using CMS-Based Tools to Document Student Learning When Teaching in Wild, Open Spaces with Cloud-Based Tools (Pilot Program/Emerging Technology)

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

As more of us adopt cloud-based tools (e.g., blogs, wikis, Google Docs, etc.) for use by students in authentic learning activities, we find ourselves without the student-produced artifacts that we …

As Learners Move into the Open: Obstacles to Overcome, Strategies for Success, and Potential for Participatory Learning (Research-Based)

February 16, 2011 | A session at the ELI Annual Meeting 2011

This presentation will highlight results from two research studies conducted between 2008 and 2010 on social media use for learning. Participants were undergraduate and graduate students in a Schoo…

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…

Reconsidering the Learning Management System - Furniture provided by Herman Miller, An EDUCAUSE Silver Partner

February 15, 2011 | A session at the ELI Annual Meeting 2011

From Community Source to Open Data: Leveraging the Sakai Community to Make Better Decisions Steven Lonn, Research Fellow, University of Michigan Mathieu Plourde, Project Leader, LMS, Universi…

Learner Self-Engagement in Web 2.0 Participatory Learning Environments (Research-Based)

February 15, 2011 | A session at the ELI Annual Meeting 2011

Learners benefit from blogs and wikis when their use is scaffolded by the instructor and/or course requirements. But if these prompts are missing or poorly designed, will learners self-activate usi…

Pret-a-Porter Technology: Rebooting the Earlham College Study Abroad Program (Innovative Practice)

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

Many voices in higher education still view technology as a barrier to cultural immersion in terms of study abroad. This session will demonstrate why universities should reconsider the use of mobile…

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 E-Portfolios in a Web 2.0 Community to Develop Professional Skills (Innovative Practice)

January 20, 2010 | A session at the ELI Annual Meeting 2010

How are Web 2.0 tools changing student attitudes and expectations for education? This presentation discusses how to leverage social networking tools and to create personal learning environments for…

WAC 2.0: Rethinking Writing Across the Curriculum in the Age of the Participatory Web (Learning Technology)

January 21, 2010 | A session at the ELI Annual Meeting 2010

The Writing Across the Curriculum philosophy has become more timely and valuable within participatory Web 2.0 environments such as course management systems, blogs, and wikis. We highlight innovati…