2. Web 2.0 Uses in Higher Ed
• Web 2.0 technologies are being deployed across a
broad spectrum of university activities
• Deployment is in no way systematic and the drive is
principally bottom up
• There is no blueprint for implementation of Web 2.0
technologies, and each is currently deciding its own
path
• It feeds on professional interest and enthusiasm
4. Immediate and
Fundamental
• Digital Divide (Learning with and/or through
technology)
- Ensuring access to technology for all and the
development of practical skills in its use, not only for
students but for faculty and staff (P.D.)
• Information Literacy (Web Awareness)
-Ensuring they possess the skills and understanding to
search, authenticate and critically evaluate material
from the range of appropriate sources
5. Ongoing Drive to Change
• Tradition (building a bridge between Social Media and
Learning)
• Environmental Factors ( going digital)
• Diversity (The sense of being a contributing member)
• Richer Educational Experience (active learning)
• Practice in School (PBL supported by technology)
• Open Source Materials (Free element of paid education)
• Skills Development (communication, participation, networking,
sharing)
6. Fundamental Over Time
• Don’t lecture … facilitate !
- Renegotiating the relationship between faculty and
student to bring about a situation where each
recognizes and values the other’s expertise and
capability and works together to capitalize on it.
7. Times they are a
Changin’…
• Incoming students with strong sense of communities
of interest linked in their own social worlds, and with
a disposition to share and participate. It has also
made them impatient with a preference for quick
answers with a casual approach to evaluating
information and deriving knowledge
• They find a world that is hierarchical, introvert,
guarded, careful, precise and measured
• The two worlds are currently co-existing, but the
students are driving the change
