Web 2.0 Tools in Higher Education
"For web 2.0 tools and processes to become embedded in mainstream practices in higher education, They must be seen as bringing added quality to instructional processes." (Collis, B and Moonen, J. 2008) I strongly agree that in order for higher education to use and support web 2.0 tools, they must first realize that it is an integral part of technology that is, in a way, becoming more of a necessity. For example, some of the most highly used web 2.0 tools online are: Blogger.com, WordPress, Myspace, YouTube, Twitter, Flickr, etc. There are a whole bunch of them and depending on what you are wanting to do, if you know where to look, you can find something that will suit your needs. Higher education should have some sort of learning design technology department that is setup with the sole purpose of not only designing courses, but to be familiar with the use of web 2.0 tools and the benifits it could be for the students, instructors, and the school. With that in mind, they need to implement it in a way where the instructors and students know of these tools and how to use them. I would highly recommend Go2Web20 to anybody looking for web 2.0 tools to use. They've made it easy. All you have to do is click on the topic your are doing and you should definitely find something that will work for you.
Reference
Coolis, B., & Moonen, J. (2008). Web 2.0 tools and processes in higher education: quality perspectives. Educational Media International, 45 (2), 93-106. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com.dml.regis.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=32718701&site=ehost-live
1 comment:
Hello Friend,
I'm a Post-Degree Student From Mexico, i'm doing a tesis about the use of web 2.0 tools in academical enviroments, and i was wondering if you can to send me the paper than you use as a reference in this article, it will be very useful for my research.
My e-mail address is javr1088@gmail.com, thanks for all.
Have a nice day.
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