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Porto's presentation at the Annual EDEN conference in Lisbon, 2008. Covers the adoption of web 2.0 tools and applications in higher-education, its consequences, and the challenges given institutional ownership and adoption of more rigid LMS environments.
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StellaC.PortoUniversityofMarylandUniversityCollege
Focus
Faculty grassroots web 2.0 activity…
How should institutions react in terms of support and ownership issues?
Overview
Context:UMUC Web2.0uses Tradeoffsandchallenges:institutionalvs.facultyperspective
ContextandlandscapeUMUC
State institution
Only 7% of support from the state
Tuition driven >> distinct culture
Contextandlandscapesomequantitativedata
Head count > 86,000
Enrollment > 272,000 Online enrollment > 177,000
ContextandlandscapeUMUCquickfacts
2nd largest state institution in the US Growth stateside of
74% over last 10 years
Expect growth of 51% over the next 10 years
> 100 degree programs fully online
Contextandlandscapefacultysupport
> 2,500 faculty:
• Initial training for online learning
• Continuous support
Contextandlandscape:proprietaryplatform‐WebTycho
Personalcontextwithinthislandscape:
MasterofDistanceEducation Administrator Faculty Student
Meanwhile…Web2.0termcoinedbyTimO’Reillyasanevolutionoftheweb(coinedthen1.0)
Web2.0explosionofappsandservices:social/sharing&mediarich
Web2.0currenttoolschanged(ex:2.0friendlybrowser)
Web2.0useinonlinelearningclassblog‐FoundationsofIT
Web2.0useinonlinelearningclassblog‐doctoraldissertationcohort
Web2.0useinonlinelearningclassblog‐capstoneMDEclass
Web2.0useinonlinelearninge‐portfolio(blog)
Web2.0useinonlinelearninge‐portfolioapp
Web2.0useinonlinelearningcommunitybuilding‐blog
Web2.0useinonlinelearningcommunitybuilding/resources‐wiki
Web2.0useinonlinelearningcommunitybuilding‐groups‐faculty
Web2.0useinonlinelearningcommunitybuilding‐groups‐students
Tradeoffsandchallengesscalability
How do we provide training and support to faculty and students in the use of such tools?
And there is the learning curve, technophobia, etc…
Tradeoffsandchallengescostefficiency
What tools should the institution support? How extensively?
Tradeoffsandchallengesownership
How much ownership is at risk under the institutional umbrella?
How do we differentiate support from ownership?
Tradeoffsandchallengesinnovation
Web 2.0 tools are all about beta versions…
How can institutions keep up, should they keep up?
If you build it will they come?
Tradeoffsandchallengessupport
We want institutions to support…
How much, how far?
Awareness of limitations of the underlying business models
Tradeoffsandchallengesinteroperability/compatibility
How should these tools connect with existing platforms?
Enclosure?
Decentralized tools?
Tradeoffsandchallengessustainabilityandrobustness
Should institutions offer such tools to whom, for how long?
Who is accountable?
Tradeoffsandchallengesqualitycontrol
How do institutions guarantee quality?
How much control should they have?
What kind of policies and guidelines should be put in place?
Finalremarks
Complexprocessofdecision‐making Grassrootsmovementthatcannotbecontained
Needforavisionandgreaterflexibility WhatisinfactthefutureofLMS’s?
Moreandmoreencapsulatedfunctions? Customizedconfigurationofpersonaltools?
Strategicplanandbalance
Thank you…
Contact: sporto@umuc.edu
US-China Forum in Distance Education
June 29 - July 2nd http://www.umuc.edu/uschina/
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