A MITH Digital Dialogue
Tuesday, March 6, 12:30-1:45
MITH Conference Room, McKeldin Library B0135
“Applying Web 2.0 Tools to Instruction:
Collaborative Website Development with Wikis and Managing Information
Overload with RSS Feeds”
by JANEL BRENNAN-TILLMANN and CATHERINE HAYS ZABRISKIE
Web 2.0 is a phrase that refers to a generation of Web-based tools that emphasize online collaboration and sharing among users. Web 2.0 applications tend to be centered around the user by making the experience easy, allowing for flexibility and providing opportunities for the user to customize their access to information. The collaborative nature and ease of use of many of Web 2.0 tools have been embraced by faculty in the College of Arts and Humanities (ARHU).
This session will introduce the basics of wiki software and share examples of its pedagogical applications. In addition, applications integrating RSS feeds to organize and share content such as audio, text and bookmarks will be introduced. These technologies have satisfied important objectives for ARHU faculty. Further discussion through this Digitial Dialogue will provide the opportunity to identify additional uses and contexts for these tools.
JANEL BRENNAN-TILLMANN is the Coordinator of Language Instructional Technology in the School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures. She is both an instructional technologist and an instructional designer who works with faculty to explore, create and integrate technology and multimedia resources into their language courses. She has served as an instructor of Spanish and/or teacher trainer in Harford and Anne Arundel County public schools, Harford Community College, Anne Arundel Community College and Towson University. Janel received her BA in Spanish from Nazareth College of Rochester, NY and a M.Ed in Secondary Education & Instructional Technology from Towson University, MD.
CATHERINE HAYS ZABRISKIE is the Associate Director of Academic Technology for the College of Arts and Humanities. She supports ARHU faculty in their use of technology in teaching and research. Catherine coordinates learning opportunities for faculty and provides individual project consulting. She provides leadership for college-wide technology initiatives such as the Undergraduate Technology Apprenticeship program. In addition, she oversees technology-based projects such as the Visual Literacy Toolbox. Catherine received her BA in Art History from the University of Colorado, Boulder and a M.Ed in Educational Technology Leadership from the George Washington University, Washington, DC.
Coming up @MITH, March 13: DAN COHEN (Center for History and New Media, George Mason), “Zotero and the Promise of Social Computing in Academia.”
View MITH’s complete Spring Speakers Schedule here:
http://www.mith2.umd.edu/programs/mith_speakers_spring_2007.pdf
Free and open to the public.
Contact: Neil Fraistat, Director, MITH (www.mith.umd.edu, mith@umd.edu, 5-8927).
