Comments on: Web 2.0: Big app on campus

Universities are using Web 2.0-style tools to tap into a generation's lust for celebrity as they revamp learning and recruiting.
Images: Web 2.0 enticements for coeds

[jtmeister]

The irony of it all

Isn't it ironic how Millennials use of Web 2.0 tools is positioned as "self-absorption" in an self-published Xer blog...

[The_Decider]

When is the media going to stop using this meaningless marketing term?

Web 2.0 is a marketing term to make certain things seem more advanced then it is.

</endPetPeeve>

Students do not work that way. It is a rare student that comes to class prepared for informed discussion, at least at the undergrad level. New web tools will certainly help the educational process, but nothing will ever beat the interaction between a good professor and a class.

[LuvThatCO2]

buzzwords

"When is the media going to stop using this meaningless marketing term?"

You jest, right? CNET has been going gonzo using the term. They're practically married to it. They wont get getting rid of it any time soon. After all buzzwords have a very important function - they allow people to appear more knowlegeable than they are. And for a group of psuedo-journalists posing as techies such as you see at CNET, thats really important.

[Keh05nj]

Wiki Source

Hi folks-
The Wiki we use (and was quoted in the article) is one provided by LearningObjects (www.learningobjects.com). I would HIGHLY recommend this product, as its very easy to use and fits nicely in the Blackboard CMS. K. Hartman

[Keh05nj]

Wiki Source

Hi folks-
The Wiki we use (and was quoted in the article) is one provided by LearningObjects (www.learningobjects.com). I would HIGHLY recommend this product, as its very easy to use and fits nicely in the Blackboard CMS. K. Hartman

[bknauff]

Clarification - Learning Objects

Hi,
I just wanted to make clear that the blog and wiki tools being used Dartmouth are not "native" Blackboard tools. They are a third party product which can be licensed separately, and added to Blackboard, provided one's Blackboard license is at the enterprise level (that's necessary to allow this sort of plug and play). The company behind the tools is Learning Objects, and we've been very happy with the functionality their tools add to Blackboard.
URL: http://www.learningobjects.com/campuspack.jsp

Barbara Knauff
Academic Computing
Dartmouth College

[notesake]

NoteSake

Another site launched last week is http://notesake.com A webiste geared to letting college students write, edit, save, share, and collaborate on their class notes.

Ian Smith
co-founder of Notesake.com