The Implications of Web 2.0 for Teaching and Learning in a Knowledge-Based Society.
This was a keynote presentation to a conference at the University of Leicester, UK, organized by Professor Gilly Salmon. It covers the following topics:
What is e-learning?
Current pressures on universities:
- changing economies and job skills/competencies
- changing epistemologies and views on learning
- changing students
- changing technologies
What is Web 2.0?
Benefits and dangers of Web 2.0 in education
The role of academic departments in managing change
Conclusions: why e-learning and Web 2.0 are important for university teaching and learning
The video is approximately 45 minutes in length.
© University of Leicester/Tony Bates Associates Ltd. Thanks to Professor Salmon and the University of Leicester for permission to make this video available.
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Dr. Tony Bates is the author of eleven books in the field of online learning and distance education. He has provided consulting services specializing in training in the planning and management of online learning and distance education, working with over 40 organizations in 25 countries. Tony is a Research Associate with Contact North | Contact Nord, Ontario’s Distance Education & Training Network.
