Instructional Technology
Conference 2007

Title: Don't make me collaborate!

Name: Kathrine Bailey, Samantha Penney

Audience Level: beginning

Audience: faculty, librarians, instructional technology specialists, lab directors, general

Length: 1 hour

Abstract:
Come to this session to learn more about Blogs, Wikis, Discussion Boards,
and Vlogs. We will show you live classroom examples. We will compare and contrast
the advantages and disadvantages of each type of media. We will talk about different
software applications for each medium and give you some price comparisons. What are
we doing with them? Come find out. We will show you what you could do using some of
the learning management systems as well.

Description:
Collaboration is the key phrase of the day. Interaction among online
students is difficult to manage, especially in today’s digital driven society. How can we
satisfy the students digital expectations without compromising their educational needs
and learning styles? This session will illustrate some of how to encourage and manage
collaboration and interaction among your students through the use of Wikis, Blogs,
Vlogs, and Discussion Boards. It will also talk about how it can be done, the best
practices, show some examples, and discuss and illustrate some software that will enable
you to get started right away and the prices of that software. Information will also be
provided on how some learning management systems have incorporated these items or
building blocks that offer these options.

Wikipedia defines, “a wiki is a type of website that allows the visitors themselves
to easily add, remove and otherwise edit and change some available content, sometimes
without the need for registration.” It is also a great way to encourage peer comments on
topics.

Webster's New Millennium™ Dictionary of English defines a blog, “to author an
online diary or chronology of thoughts.” This is very similar to a discussion board. This
session will compare and contrast the two media and offer options that have been used by
APSU instructors in their courses. We will include information on social sites such as
MySpace and Blogger

According to PCMAG.com, a vlog is “(Video bLOG) A Weblog (blog) that
includes video clips to be downloaded and viewed immediately or transferred to a
portable player.” This session will illustrate how a vlog can be used in a variety of
courses. We will talk about YouTube and other sites that host this medium.

Session Type: Lecture/Presentation

Contact information/affiliation:
Kathrine Bailey
Multimedia Specialist
APSU
PO Box 4717
Clarksville, TN 37040

Samantha Penney
Instructional Technologist
APSU
PO Box 4717
Clarksville, TN 37040