Online Teaching and Learning can be challenging for students who feel isolated and need higher levels of engagement as well as higher levels of teacher and social presence. Fostering online learning communities can help address these issues and there are a variety of free, easy to use, Web 2.0 tools that support this endeavor. This paper and presentation will provide the best Web 2.0 tools and the best practices for fostering online learning communities.
This is part two of the series, New Learning Communities. Holly Rae Bemis-Schurtz is presenting … This presentation provides a behind the scenes account of a program and its courses that use Web 2.0 tools and relevant community building strategies to develop and foster online learning community.
We will look specifically at PBwiki, Skype, Yammer, and Audio/Video tools.