This document discusses using Drupal in online classrooms to take advantage of Web 2.0 technologies and social constructivist learning approaches. It suggests using blogs for faculty communication with students as blogs are a familiar medium that build a sense of student ownership and community. Blogs can also promote reflective learning, discussion, debate, and public writing where everyone is both teacher and learner.

1. Teaching and Learning with Drupal Meredith Farkas Norwich University

2. Written lecture notes Discussion forums Assignments Quizes

4. Lost in translation?

5. Lost in translation?

6. Web 2.0 ideas for the classroom Age of participation The wisdom of crowds Social constructivism

7. Drupal in the Online Classroom

9. drupal.org

16. Why blogs?

17. Familiar medium 133 million blogs indexed by Technorati 42% of bloggers 18-34 77.7 million unique visitors to blogs vs. 41 million to Facebook (in May 2008) New types of blogging: in MySpace, Facebook, Twitter, etc. Source: Technorati State of the Blogosphere 2008 http://technorati.com/blogging/feature/state-of-the-blogosphere-2008/

18. Faculty communication with students

19. Builds student sense of ownership over the medium

20. Community-building

22. Community-building

23. Reflective Learning

24. Reflective Learning

25. Reflective Learning

26. Discussion and debate

27. Discussion and debate

28. Discussion and debate

29. Writing in public

30. Writing in public

31. Writing in public

32. Writing in public

33. Everyone is teacher and learner

34. Blogs can… Promote critical and reflective thinking Enable collaboration and knowledge-sharing Create an informal environment for student discussion and community-building Encourage dialogue and debate Encourage students to teach as well as learn and co-construct their learning experience

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