1. Integrating Web 2.0
Tools into Blackboard
Caroline Conlon, eLearning Design Coordinator
Faculty Development & Instructional Design Center

2. Workshop Objectives
• Define Web 2.0
• Discuss Web 2.0 tools’ use in education
• Explore Blackboard’s Web 2.0 tools
• Explore free Web 2.0 tools that can be
integrated into your course

3. Web 2.0
My definition: user-centered applications that
allow individuals to create, publish, and share
information and interact with one another
– Democratic
– Social
– Dynamic
– Transient
Other definitions?

4. Web 2.0
Wikipedia:
Web 2.0 is a loosely defined intersection of web application features that
facilitate participatory information sharing, interoperability, user-
centered design,[1] and collaboration on the World Wide Web.
A Web 2.0 site allows users to interact and collaborate with each other in
a social media dialogue as creators of user-generated content in a virtual
community, in contrast to websites where users are limited to the passive
viewing of content that was created for them.
Examples of Web 2.0 include social networking sites, blogs, wikis,
video sharing sites, hosted services, web
applications, mashups and folksonomies.

5. Web 2.0 uses in education
• Use web 2.0 technologies and content to
build a learning community
• Use Web 2.0 technologies and content as
instructional materials
• Use Web 2.0 technologies and content to
provide learner support

6. Blackboard’s Tools
Blog - a personal journal viewable by anyone consisting of
discrete entries typically displayed in reverse chronological order
so the most recent post appears first.
Using Blogs for peer feedback and discussion - Case study

7. Blackboard’s Tools
Wiki – a website whose users can add, modify, or delete its
content
Using wikis for student collaboration - Case study

8. Blackboard’s Tools
Mashup – a web application that combines data and/or
functionality from more than one source
– Blackboard provides integration with YouTube,
Flickr, and SlideShare
– Available to all users whenever they are in
Blackboard’s text editor

9. Free Web 2.0 Tools
• Video – Khan Academy, Vimeo
• Screencasts – Jing
• Google Docs for group work
• Social Bookmarking – Diigo and Delicious
• Twitter