EDUCAUSE | Presented at EDUCAUSE Annual Conferences and Web 2.0

Riding the 2.0 Wave (Successfully): A Strategy for Deploying Web 2.0 Technologies

drupal — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 13:18:51 -0600

Marist College's award-winning work with Web 2.0 applications has led to the development of an e-learning 2.0 strategy for the pedagogically based deployment of these technologies. We will present our strategy and lessons learned from recent implementations, including methodologies for controlling costs, enhancing learning, and ensuring alignment with strategic goals.

Social Software in Higher Education: Isolated Accidents or the Start of Something Big?

drupal — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 13:39:00 -0600

Blogs, wikis, and networking tools appear to gain widespread acceptance. How are higher education professionals using social software tools in their practice? Is there any convergence with what students using them bring to the institution? We will invite participation to explore these questions and determine if there are international differentiators.

Teaching and Learning Experiences in a User-Created Virtual World

drupal — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 09:49:43 -0600

Second Life is a user-created virtual world simultaneously played by thousands of people around the world. In this session, we’ll share our experiences of teaching in Second Life. Using the interaction combinations integration model we developed as a framework, we will describe our projects, outcomes, and recommendations.

Imagining Tomorrow's Future Today: The EDUCAUSE Evolving Technology Committee

drupal — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 13:42:40 -0500

This session will share the vision of pioneers of evolving technologies on how to use them to reach their full potential. Topics will include 3D rapid prototyping, Google applications for higher education, digital preservation, storage and information life-cycle management, advances in virtualization, Web 2.0, m-learning, and location awareness.

Xavier University's Web 2.0 Strategy: The Virtual Learning Commons

drupal — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 13:42:36 -0500

The Road to Xavier portal for admitted students was named Best University Web Site 2006 by the Web Marketing Association. Beyond enabling the recruitment of a banner class, this Web 2.0 project laid the foundation for the Virtual Learning Commons, Xavier's comprehensive fully integrated Web presence to support 21st-century learners.