Batson, T. (2009) Why is Web 2.0 Important to Higher Education? Campus Technology, April 15
An opinion piece that doesn’t say anything more (e.g. ‘the “traditional classroom” with one speaker and many listeners is now an oddity, a throwback, a form that should represent 15 percent of undergraduate interaction with faculty, not 85 percent as it does now.’) than some of us have been saying for more than two years now.
For example, see: The implications of Web 2.0 for teaching and learning in a knowledge-based society’
However, the comments to the article are worth reading.
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.
