M06: Web 2.0-enabled Interdisciplinary Collaborations: New Opportunities
Jim Wolfgang, Director, Digital Innovation Group, Georgia College & State University, and Keith Politte, Manager, Technology Testing Center, Reynolds Journalism Institute, Missouri School of Journalism
Students today are savvy customers of higher education. They seek and expect educational engagement, service, and social networking as key components of their educational experience. And they know how to identify the institutions that offer them. At the same time, constricted budgets require creative and innovative approaches to accomplish more with less. Those of us charged with technology programs at our higher education institutions can leverage a range of tools and techniques, including Web 2.0-enabled interdisciplinary collaborations for instruction and beyond. IT leaders, administrators, faculty, and instructional designers will all benefit from the exposition of an unconventional approach which draws together a campus's unique strengths, accelerated through application of appropriate Web 2.0 technologies. This workshop will engage participants through a series of case studies, participatory exercises, and interactive dialogues.
Participants should bring a laptop with wireless capability with them to this workshop.
Collaborative Ideas
From the Campus Technology Incubator, here are some ideas ready to hatch. What are yours?
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Objective: DIY-AP (do it yourself advanced placement) using the MIT OCW (Open CourseWare)
Plan: Use the MIT OCW as content source for community and world-wide AP training
Players: MIT and communities everywhere
Tools: OCW and collaborative web- and locally -based expert assistance
Apple Computer seminars at the college
Objective is to gain free publicity and enhance the image of the college
Plan to setup an exchange of classroom space, facilities, support in return for Apple useing the college and mentioning the college in advertising
Players: Apple regional and corporate, registars office, facilities, security, it team
Tools used IChat, Email, ILife suite, videos, student involvement
Partnership for Remote Instruments to Study the Structure of Matter
If you know a middle school or high school science teacher who would like to partner with the e-consortium, contact kkantardjieff@fullerton.edu