Web 2.0 and Presented at Southeast Regional Conferences

The phone rings. The caller begins with the familiar, “I’ve been thinking...” and the rest of the conversation centers on how to pilot an emerging instructional technology. Faculty who are early adopters of technology are experimenters and risk-takers; they broaden the landscape of effective teaching and learning with technology. Yes, they push the envelope, but they also offer partnership for identifying what’s scalable and sustainable for broader use. Our panelists will share their campus perspectives on adopting emerging technologies from Web 2.0 to virtual worlds, their successes and challenges, and the partnerships they’ve formed.

Many of the emerging Web 2.0 technologies pertain to communication innovations. Using the communications theory of diffusion of innovation, this presentation will examine the adoption and implementation of wikis and their related pedagogical approaches. Methods for institutional implementation will be proposed to answer questions of sustaining the initial adoption phase.