Prof. Burks Oakley IIOffice of Technology-Enhanced LearningUniversity of Illinois at Springfield

Academic Continuity and Web 2.0 Applications

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Academic Continuity Continuity of academic operations in

the aftermath of a disaster– flood, earthquake, fire, dirty bomb, SARS,

pandemic flu

Essential to retain students Essential to retain tuition revenue Essential to maintain reputation More and more, academic continuity

means moving the curriculum online.

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Xavier University

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Faculty Role

Faculty need to be able to move their courses online quickly if their campus is closed.

Faculty should be prepared to do this without having to depend on the technical infrastructure of their institutions.

Free Web 2.0 tools can play an important role in this process.

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Free Web 2.0 Tools PBwiki – wiki for collaboration Blogger – individual and team blogs Skype – online conference calls Elluminate vRoom – online office hours SlideShare – narrated PowerPoint presentations YouTube – streaming video Xdrive and Archive.org – file storage Audacity – recording and editing audio for podcasts Gmail – e-mail Google Docs – individual and collaborative document

authoring Google Page Creator – web page authoring and publishing Google Reader - RSS feed aggregator iTunes - RSS feed aggregator for podcasts Flickr - Share digital photos Freeboards.net – threaded discussion forums

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Enhance Teaching & Learning

All these Web 2.0 tools can be used by faculty on a regular basis to enhance the teaching and learning process.

Ray Schroeder’s presentations:– Dinner talk at UMass-Lowell– Madison conference– Sloan-C View article

Prof. Ray Schroeder

Prof. Burks Oakley IIWeb: http://www.burksoakley.com/E-mail: burkso2@gmail.com

Academic Continuity and Web 2.0 Applications