Prof. Burks Oakley II Office of Technology-Enhanced Learning University of Illinois at Springfield Academic Continuity and Web 2.0 Applications

Academic Continuity Continuity of academic operations in the aftermath of a disaster flood, earthquake, fire, dirty bomb, SARS, pandemic flu Essential to retain students Essential to retain tuition revenue Essential to maintain reputation More and more, academic continuity means moving the curriculum online.

Continuity of academic operations in the aftermath of a disaster

flood, earthquake, fire, dirty bomb, SARS, pandemic flu

Essential to retain students

Essential to retain tuition revenue

Essential to maintain reputation

More and more, academic continuity means moving the curriculum online.

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Faculty Role Faculty need to be able to move their courses online quickly if their campus is closed. Faculty should be prepared to do this without having to depend on the technical infrastructure of their institutions. Free Web 2.0 tools can play an important role in this process.

Faculty need to be able to move their courses online quickly if their campus is closed.

Faculty should be prepared to do this without having to depend on the technical infrastructure of their institutions.

Free Web 2.0 tools can play an important role in this process.

Free Web 2.0 Tools PBwiki – wiki for collaboration Blogger – individual and team blogs Skype – online conference calls Elluminate vRoom – online office hours SlideShare – narrated PowerPoint presentations YouTube – streaming video Xdrive and Archive.org – file storage Audacity – recording and editing audio for podcasts Gmail – e-mail Google Docs – individual and collaborative document authoring Google Page Creator – web page authoring and publishing Google Reader - RSS feed aggregator iTunes - RSS feed aggregator for podcasts Flickr - Share digital photos Freeboards.net – threaded discussion forums

PBwiki – wiki for collaboration

Blogger – individual and team blogs

Skype – online conference calls

Elluminate vRoom – online office hours

SlideShare – narrated PowerPoint presentations

YouTube – streaming video

Xdrive and Archive.org – file storage

Audacity – recording and editing audio for podcasts

Gmail – e-mail

Google Docs – individual and collaborative document authoring

Google Page Creator – web page authoring and publishing

Google Reader - RSS feed aggregator

iTunes - RSS feed aggregator for podcasts

Flickr - Share digital photos

Freeboards.net – threaded discussion forums

Enhance Teaching & Learning All these Web 2.0 tools can be used by faculty on a regular basis to enhance the teaching and learning process. Ray Schroeder’s presentations: Dinner talk at UMass-Lowell Madison conference Sloan-C View article Prof. Ray Schroeder

All these Web 2.0 tools can be used by faculty on a regular basis to enhance the teaching and learning process.

Ray Schroeder’s presentations:

Dinner talk at UMass-Lowell

Madison conference

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