Caroline Conlon, eLearning Design CoordinatorFaculty Development & Instructional Design Center

Integrating Web 2.0 Tools into Blackboard

Workshop Objectives

• Define Web 2.0• Discuss Web 2.0 tools’ use in education• Explore Blackboard’s Web 2.0 tools• Explore free Web 2.0 tools that can be

integrated into your course

Web 2.0

My definition: user-centered applications that allow individuals to create, publish, and share information and interact with one another– Democratic– Social– Dynamic– Transient

Other definitions?

Web 2.0Wikipedia:

Web 2.0 is a loosely defined intersection of web application features that facilitate participatory information sharing, interoperability, user-centered design,[1] and collaboration on the World Wide Web.

A Web 2.0 site allows users to interact and collaborate with each other in a social media dialogue as creators of user-generated content in a virtual community, in contrast to websites where users are limited to the passive viewing of content that was created for them.

Examples of Web 2.0 include social networking sites, blogs, wikis, video sharing sites, hosted services, web applications, mashups and folksonomies.

Web 2.0 uses in education

• Use web 2.0 technologies and content to build a learning community

• Use Web 2.0 technologies and content as instructional materials

• Use Web 2.0 technologies and content to provide learner support

Blackboard’s Tools

Blog - a personal journal viewable by anyone consisting of discrete entries typically displayed in reverse chronological order so the most recent post appears first.

Using Blogs for peer feedback and discussion - Case study

Blackboard’s Tools

Wiki – a website whose users can add, modify, or delete its content

Using wikis for student collaboration - Case study

Blackboard’s Tools

Mashup – a web application that combines data and/or functionality from more than one source

– Blackboard provides integration with YouTube, Flickr, and SlideShare

– Available to all users whenever they are in Blackboard’s text editor

Free Web 2.0 Tools

• Video – Khan Academy, Vimeo• Screencasts – Jing• Google Docs for group work• Social Bookmarking – Diigo and Delicious• Twitter