Creating subject matter experts in 8 weeks: A case study of blended learning

Peter Wallace; Gregory Fleet

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2007 (Oct 15, 2007) pp. 2163–2169

This best practices session will describe a pilot training program intended to "clone" resident subject matter experts within an organization, using a blended learning methodology developed in-house by Innovatia. The goal was to observe and...

Where is the human in Web 3.0?

Gregory Fleet; Peter Wallace

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2008 (Jun 30, 2008) pp. 1723–1724

Although the public Web is barely 15 years old, it has been common to track its evolution by associating phases or stages of growth (e.g., Web 1.0, Web 2.0, Web 3.0, etc.). Previously, we identified five key dimensions of Web 2.0 (see Fleet and...

Topics: Collaboration

Facebook surprises the classroom!

Gregory Fleet; Peter Wallace

World Conference on Educational Media and Technology 2008 (Jun 30, 2008) pp. 1992–1994

This talk will summarize how Facebook was used in an undergraduate business (survey) course in the fall of 2007 replacing the institutionally-recommended Blackboard. The basic functions of file and information sharing, as well as (threaded) on-line...

Topics: Students

How could Web 2.0 be shaping web-assisted learning?

Gregory Fleet; Peter Wallace

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2007 (Oct 15, 2007) pp. 7094–7095

This presentation will begin with a description of four key dimensions of Web 2.0. It will then explore these dimensions in relation to the current practices and types of online and web-based tools used in higher education settings. Universities...