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Stella C. Porto University of Maryland University College

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Porto's presentation at the Annual EDEN conference in Lisbon, 2008. Covers the adoption of web 2.0 tools and applications in higher-education, its consequences, and the challenges given institutional ownership and adoption of more rigid LMS environments.

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StellaC.PortoUniversityofMarylandUniversityCollege

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Focus

Faculty grassroots web 2.0 activity…

How should institutions react in terms of support and ownership issues?

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Overview

  Context:UMUC  Web2.0uses  Tradeoffsandchallenges:institutionalvs.facultyperspective

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ContextandlandscapeUMUC

State institution

Only 7% of support from the state

Tuition driven >> distinct culture

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Contextandlandscapesomequantitativedata

Head count > 86,000

Enrollment > 272,000 Online enrollment > 177,000

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ContextandlandscapeUMUCquickfacts

2nd largest state institution in the US Growth stateside of

74% over last 10 years

Expect growth of 51% over the next 10 years

> 100 degree programs fully online

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Contextandlandscapefacultysupport

> 2,500 faculty:

• Initial training for online learning

• Continuous support

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Contextandlandscape:proprietaryplatform‐WebTycho

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Personalcontextwithinthislandscape:

  MasterofDistanceEducation  Administrator  Faculty  Student

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Meanwhile…Web2.0termcoinedbyTimO’Reillyasanevolutionoftheweb(coinedthen1.0)

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Web2.0explosionofappsandservices:social/sharing&mediarich

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Web2.0currenttoolschanged(ex:2.0friendlybrowser)

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Web2.0useinonlinelearningclassblog‐FoundationsofIT

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Web2.0useinonlinelearningclassblog‐doctoraldissertationcohort

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Web2.0useinonlinelearningclassblog‐capstoneMDEclass

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Web2.0useinonlinelearninge‐portfolio(blog)

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Web2.0useinonlinelearninge‐portfolioapp

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Web2.0useinonlinelearningcommunitybuilding‐blog

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Web2.0useinonlinelearningcommunitybuilding/resources‐wiki

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Web2.0useinonlinelearningcommunitybuilding‐groups‐faculty

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Web2.0useinonlinelearningcommunitybuilding‐groups‐students

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Tradeoffsandchallengesscalability

How do we provide training and support to faculty and students in the use of such tools?

And there is the learning curve, technophobia, etc…

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Tradeoffsandchallengescostefficiency

What tools should the institution support? How extensively?

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Tradeoffsandchallengesownership

How much ownership is at risk under the institutional umbrella?

How do we differentiate support from ownership?

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Tradeoffsandchallengesinnovation

Web 2.0 tools are all about beta versions…

How can institutions keep up, should they keep up?

If you build it will they come?

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Tradeoffsandchallengessupport

We want institutions to support…

How much, how far?

Awareness of limitations of the underlying business models

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Tradeoffsandchallengesinteroperability/compatibility

How should these tools connect with existing platforms?

Enclosure?

Decentralized tools?

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Tradeoffsandchallengessustainabilityandrobustness

Should institutions offer such tools to whom, for how long?

Who is accountable?

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Tradeoffsandchallengesqualitycontrol

How do institutions guarantee quality?

How much control should they have?

What kind of policies and guidelines should be put in place?

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Finalremarks

  Complexprocessofdecision‐making  Grassrootsmovementthatcannotbecontained

  Needforavisionandgreaterflexibility  WhatisinfactthefutureofLMS’s?

  Moreandmoreencapsulatedfunctions?  Customizedconfigurationofpersonaltools?

  Strategicplanandbalance

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Thank you…

Contact: [email protected]

US-China Forum in Distance Education

June 29 - July 2nd http://www.umuc.edu/uschina/