Building Online Learning Communities

Catalog description

This course introduces educators to online collaborative tools. The educational applications of blogs, wikis, RSS feeds, social bookmarking, as well as a wide variety of current and emerging Web 2.0 tools will be investigated. The focus will be on the use of these tools for the purposes of improving student learning, increasing the productivity of educators, facilitating collaboration, and engaging in virtual teaming. Students will discuss with, collaborate with, and provide constructive feedback to classmates using these tools.