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Instructional Technology Conference 2009



Title: Train in Vain? The EduPunk Movement

Name: Bryan M. Booth & James Dye

Audience: All

Audience Level: All

Length: 1 Hour

Abstract: While course management systems have historically provided a very useful set of tools in one centralized instance, they have also become rigid and proprietary. As long as ANGELs have no Blackboards on which to write, many educators are restricted from the types of collaborative content development that have helped grow distance education. However, this is about to change for those brave enough to embrace a new, divergent flavor of communication.

With the emergence of Web 2.0 technologies, most of the tools provided by traditional content management systems have been replicated in a free and open environment. How can we as educators harness these new online applications to reach our students wherever they may be? Will the rapid growth of mobile platforms allow truly decentralized learning to occur anywhere a wireless signal is present?

Description: While course management systems have historically provided a very useful set of tools in one centralized instance, they have also become rigid and proprietary. As long as ANGELs have no Blackboards on which to write, many educators are restricted from the types of collaborative content development that have helped grow distance education. However, this is about to change for those brave enough to embrace a new, divergent flavor of communication.

With the emergence of Web 2.0 technologies, most of the tools provided by traditional content management systems have been replicated in a free and open environment. How can we as educators harness these new online applications to reach our students wherever they may be? Will the rapid growth of mobile platforms allow truly decentralized learning to occur anywhere a wireless signal is present?

Session Type: Presentation

On-Site Equipment Requirements: projector; internet connection (preferably hardline); ELMO

Contact Information/Affiliation:
 Bryan M. Booth
Coordinator of Operations, ROCC

James Dye
Director of Technical and Faculty Services, ROCC

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