2. What is Web 2.0 ?
Web 2.0 is the second generation of Web
application development that goes beyond
static pages to allow users to create content
and collaborate with one another via easy to
use, browser-based tools.
3. Why Web 2.0 ?
• Faculty wish to take advantage of Web 2.0
tools that offer additional options to enhance
teaching and appeal to different learning styles
• Students are already using Web 2.0
technologies, especially social networking
• Web 2.0 tools can contribute to authentic
assessment
6. Institutional Considerations
Faculty and students alike need guidelines
for the use of Web 2.0 tools to avoid the
unintended consequences that may occur
with unplanned use
7. UMUC Guidelines and Web 2.0
• The confidentiality of student information is
protected by FERPA, The Family Educational
Rights and Privacy Act
Students’ confidential information such as date of birth,
addresses, and phone numbers and course-related data can
not be disclosed
• Faculty need to have alternative assignments if
students do not wish to use Web 2.0 tools
• All official information related to the course
and students’ assignments must be in the
WebTycho classroom, i.e. archived internally
8. UMUC Criteria for Choosing
Web 2.0 Tools
• Use is usually free of charge
• Easy to use, usually without technical
support
• Consideration of copyright and fair use
• Offers new functions and features
9. UMUC Criteria for Choosing
Web 2.0 Tools
• Contributes to other classroom activities within
WebTycho (embed code)
• Has a privacy option
Terms of use allow for an alias
Class activity is not viewable on the Web by the public
• Grading and assessment is always done in
WebTycho
10. UMUC Criteria for Choosing
Web 2.0 Tools
• Instructor can administer, monitor, and
control all class interaction taking place on
the external site
• Cannot require students to use an external
tool-be prepared to offer a substitute
activity if this involves a graded activity
