1. Riding the 2.0 Wave (Successfully) A Strategy for Deploying Web 2.0 Technologies MARIST COLLEGE Josh Baron Director, Academic Technology and eLearning

2. How many of you are supporting instructional uses of YouTube?

3. Flickr?

4. Skype?

5. How about one of these?

6. Or These?

7. What’s my point?

8. The Web 2.0 Wave Will you ride it or wipe out?

9. Presentation Overview Marist College – Who are we? eLearning 2.0 Deployment Strategy –Quest for innovation –“Learning interaction” framework –Faculty proposal process –Deployment cycle Demos: Web 2.0 enhanced learning

10. MARIST COLLEGE Founded 1929 – small comprehensive liberal arts college Located in Poughkeepsie, New York Emphasis on teaching and learning 5700 FTE student population 200 full-time faculty, 500 part-time Technology is a key component of our strategic plan and mission

11. A Quest for Innovation Today we mostly “automate” teaching using technology –PowerPoint replace transparencies “Automation” is easy…“innovation” is hard Let’s consider the toilet…(Demo)Demo We use a “learning interactions” framework to focus on innovation

12. Framework: Learning Interactions A conceptual framework for learning… –Interactions with content –Interactions with subject matter experts (SME) –Interactions with peers We push faculty to innovate these interactions using Web 2.0 tools Part of proposal process Keeps focus on instruction, not technology

13. Interactions with Content Traditional: college textbook Web 1.0: hyperlinks and hypermedia –Students select pathway through content –Teacher-centered instruction Web 2.0: social podcasts, wikis –Allows students to construct their own content –Student-centered instruction Example: IdentityQuest

14. IdentityQuest: Study Aboard 2.0 Pedagogical Objective: Integrate the study aboard experience into an online course. Provided iPods and audio editing software Students conducted interviews and produced social podcast. Turned podcast model upside-down Campus Technology Innovator Award Listen to Student Podcast

15. Interactions with SME Traditional: lecture Web 1.0: video lectures on the web –Increases access to lecture, repeat listening –Lose interactions and community Web 2.0: skype, blogs, podcasts –Increased access directly to SME –Brings back interactivity and community Example: InterLangua

16. InterLangua Pedagogical Objective: Enrich foreign language instruction through authentic experiences. Students are linked with native Spanish speakers in Guatemala Informal conversations focus on cultural exchanges Watch InterLangua Exchange

17. Interactions with Peers Traditional: team projects Web 1.0: discussion forums –Extends discussion time outside of classroom –Limited to text-based medium Web 2.0: audio conferencing –Synchronous and asynchronous applications –Audio and pictures help create community Example: iNverse Distance Learning (iDL)

18. iNverse Distance Learning (iDL) Strategic Objective: Create distinctive educational experiences that prepare students to work in our global society. Leverages investment in DL technologies Learning facilitators enrich “learning interactions” in on-the-ground courses Pilot began this Fall in Beijing, China YackPack Demonstration

19. Faculty Proposal Process Proposals are brief (2-3 pages) Proposal requires faculty to speak to: –Pedagogical objectives to be met –Strategic goals that will be addressed –Learning interactions that will be enhanced –Method for assessing success –Initial costs and a timeline Support experimental or pilot deployments

20. Web 2.0 Deployment Cycle “Walk Through” Evaluate CultureQuest iDL Pilot YackPack & Flickr iDL Proposal ???

21. Leveraging Open Source Production 2.0: Open source/community source developed applications Examples at Marist: –Sakai –Podcast Generator –Audacity –Open-Source Portfolio (OSP)

22. Q & A Josh.Baron@marist.edu Director, Academic Technology and eLearning Marist College