The document discusses using Web 2.0 technologies in higher education and addresses faculty fears about their implementation. It recommends focusing on teaching, students, and simplicity over technology. Suggestions include starting small with basic tools, offering helpful training, and creating communities for faculty to share ideas and experiences to improve teaching.

1. Web 2.0 in the world of higher education

2. Who's Afraid of Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and the Big Bad CMS? A Digi-Drama About Fear 2.0 Fear 2.0: Teacher Fear Fear 2.0: Are we stagnating in Higher Education? Blog about it

3. Shambles list-annotated and linked Kathy Schrock-Discovery Web 2.0 for Higher Education-Personal Knowledge Management –slide show

4. Start with why Focus on Teaching not technology Focus on Students KISS principle

5. Students are pushing Clickability- web page Personal organizatio n Web 2.0 for Higher Education-Personal Knowledge Management –slide show

6. Survey Work with the excitement-why pull teeth? Dog and Pony shows Focus on ways to improve teaching Introduce basic tools Allow faculty “experts” to share their experience and enthusiasm Offer truly helpful training-hand's on with actual content Drop-in help sessions Offer tips on simple ways to get started Create faculty sharing communities

7. Faculty sharing communities cont. Online discussions Wiki –online sharing of teaching ideas Create a blogroll, or social bookmarking site of good blogs, links, organizations etc. Ideas from the Fear 2.0 presentation

8. Educause Sloan-C Maximizing Classroom Collaboration Using Web 2.0 Technology Faculty Technology Best Practices Diriectory The best Web 2.0 applications for college faculty Larry Ferlazzo blog

9. http://cuonline.wikispaces.com www.teachertube.com www.youtube.com Top Tools for e-learning Skype Twitter , what’s the point? Google for educators