Today at the University of Memphis Advanced Learning Center, Brian Janz (of Management Information Systems) and I gave a talk (actually facilitated a discussion) about Web 2.0 (a somewhat nebulous concept) and how we use these related tools and processes in our instruction and professional activities. We had about 25 attendees and they were very interested, asked lots of good questions, and gave us some issues to consider.

We recorded the session (MP3, 47MB). There was one microphone, near Brian and me, so the comments of the participants may be difficult to hear. The total recording is about an hour and twenty minutes.

I put together a list of things to talk about which is also a primer on Web 2.0 in education. It’s limited, but its a start. We discussed some of these resources in the session, and some we didn’t get to. Feel free to add items or supporting text and links or metadata or whatever you like.

I’m sure my comments were influenced by people like Brian Lamb, David Wiley, Alan Levine, and others–all of whom occupy some sort of “mental mashup” in my mind as a think about where online learning environments are headed.

It was good to make some connections with some faculty here who are also interested in new media, open educational resources, the read/write web, etc.. Thanks to Joanne Gikas and Sandy Schaeffer of the ALC for sponsoring this meeting, and thanks to all the participants who made this a really rich discussion. I’d like to do this about once a week, because there’s so much to learn and discuss about emerging technologies and how they can augment teaching and learning.

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