One of the best sessions of the DLA 2008 conference was one entitled Getting Distance Administrators to Make Time for Web 2.0. The session was presented by Jason and Kim Huett, faculty from the University of West Georgia. The presentation was a discussion of a survey done of faculty and administrators on the use of Web 2.0 technologies.
They started with a summary of Steve Hardagon's 10 Web 2.0 Education Trends. Other points mentioned were the use of blogs rather than Web pages for faculty Web presence, and using wikis to replace CMS/LMS systems. Also emphasized was the importance of collaborative scholarship.
A phrase new to me was passion-based learning. Providing learners with a passion is what drives self-directed learning. Get learners passionate about the subject matter and content immersion will follow.
It was suggested to create a mentoring program for faculty to assist in guiding them to appropriate uses of Web 2.0 technologies. It was also suggested using Web 2.0 in daily activities and to form a club that would meet monthly to discuss learning technologies. My first thought was some sort of brown bag session.
The presentation was enhanced by the use of a conference wiki for supporting materials
Other Web 2.0 technologies mentioned:
Gliffy
Goo 411
A thoroughly enjoyable session.
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