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The Buzz
Who’s Out Front with Technology Innovation on Campus?
The Web 2.0 wave on campus may have left academic computing units in its wake. Is anyone in charge of technology innovation?
Weighing In
Can We Trust Students to Learn in Web 2.0?
A core debate about learning design arises from the fear that, if we allow learners too much freedom, they will not learn the right things. Web 2.0 exacerbates that fear because it is beyond the control of educators.
Products and Apps
Free Online Tool Helps Users Record and Share Research
A free clickstream recording Web service for researchers has launched, developed by two college graduates who had become frustrated by the inefficiency and redundancy of gathering research. iBreadCrumbs, created by California State University, Fullerton graduates Reuben Fine and Rey Marques, is an online tool that allows teachers, researchers, and students to save and share their research with others.
Students Get Web-based Planning and Time Management Service
Studiolo Systems has gone into beta testing with StudyRails.com, a Web application intended to help students improve their academic performance by optimizing their study habits. StudyRails provides step-by-step, personalized study plans, e-mail and cell phone study reminders and the blocking of social networking Web sites, software and games during study time.
Harris Intros Facebook-based Alumni Connections
Harris Connect has launched a new alumni and student relations tool built on the Facebook Platform. Dubbed «Community Connections,» the application is designed to provide secure connections between schools and their Facebook-using constituents and keep them engaged with news and other information.
Online Resources
- Webcast: Lecture Capture Improves Distance Learning Program at GWU
In this free, 60-minute session, you will hear how Echo360 helped GWU create a simple, easy way to capture lectures and offer them to students online. Get details on the implementation process and hear the success the program has experienced.
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Web 2.0 is your single best up-to-the-minute resource for news, tactics, strategies, and case studies for teaching and learning in the new web world. You’ll find the latest information on social software (wikis, blogs, and chat), virtual learning environments, Multi-User Virtual Environments (MUVEs) such as Second Life, web-enabled collaboration tools, social collaboration sites, gaming, immersive education technologies, and more. Published bi-monthly, 1st and 3rd Wednesdays in HTML and text formats.
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