Like the variety of Web 2.0 applications, theories of learning and instructional models are also primarily content independent. So it is left up to the teacher educator to match learner characteristics, content, pedagogy and technologies. This presentation will concentrate on the use of Web 2.0 technologies in contemporary constructivist and cognitivist learning environments. We will present the characteristics of Web 2.0 tools to support teaching and learning, including low threshold applications, a variety of tools and models, as well as access to tools and knowledge. Finally, we will identify the limitations and challenges that exist with using these tools, such as immature applications, longevity of applications, number of applications, unconsolidated services and security and ethics.

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Characteristics,
Implications &
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Michael M. Grant, PhD | Suha Tamim, MPH
The University of Memphis

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5. 3 Questions
How does learning occur?
What’s teaching and learning "
like with Web 2.0?
What are the challenges "
to using Web 2.0?

6. How does learning occur?

7. Cognitive Learning

8. Cognitive Load

9. Constructivist Learning

10. Assimilation v.
Accommodation

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12. What’s teaching and
learning like with Web 2.0?

13. Low Threshold Applications

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Low threshold applications are:
a) easy to learn by teachers and students,
b) not intimidating to require re-examination of
teaching practices,
c) Simple enough to require little technical training,
d) almost ubiquitous.
— Gilbert (2002)
Teaching, Learning & Technology Group

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The technologies that are chosen should be…
a) Those that afford a variety of technical skill
levels among students,
b) Those that allow for the construction and
sharing of learning products.
— Sade (2005)

18. Variety of Tools & Models

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Mindmeister

21. Access to
Tools &
Knowledge

23. Access to
Tools &
Knowledge

27. What are the
challenges to using
Web 2.0?

28. Immature
Applications

30. Longevity

32. Number of Applications

33. Unconsolidated
Services

36. Security & Ethics

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There are strongly mixed reactions about the new
technology. Some end users like it (and some love it),
but professionals who built a lifetime of skills around
the old technology are very suspicious, often
undermining it. Even the advocates admit the
technology often has to be cajoled into
working….Invariably, people just did not realize how
hard it was to pull off. What seemed easy and
obvious is in fact quite daunting.
— Clark Aldrich (2005)
Learning by Doing