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 * Proposal submission #21764**

Collaborative Web 2.0 Tools Changing the Face of Higher Education: Instructional Uses of Google Apps
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Laura C. Brewer, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA, lbrewer@asu.edu Zeynep Kilic, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA, zeyno@asu.edu Samuel DiGangi, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA, sam@asu.edu Angel Jannasch-Pennell, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA, angel@asu.edu
 * Presenter(s)**

How can collaborative Web 2.0 applications, like Google Apps, improve teaching and learning in higher education? Our real-time, online forum will take place within an Elluminate Live virtual classroom. We will begin with a short review of the literature and continue with a presentation of our findings from our faculty technology survey and a synthesis of faculty examples and perceptions. We will follow with best practices drawn from our sample and will conclude by encouraging conference participants to enter the discussion and provide examples from their own experience and/or present institutional research on the use of similar collaborative tools. We will also encourage participants to discuss questions, concerns, implications, and best practices with using collaborative Web 2.0 tools.
 * Description**

Our research examines how faculty at one large, multi-campus university are using Google Apps for teaching. A Spring 2007 institutional survey about technology use asked faculty how frequently, and for what purposes, they used Google Docs. Only 40% of faculty indicated they had used the application (N=1774) and 20% of these had used the application for instruction.

A small proportion of those who had used Google Docs for instruction were contacted again and asked to provide examples of their instructional strategies and/or assignments. We also asked faculty to discuss the benefits and limitations of Google Apps for teaching and learning. An analysis of this data is framed within larger questions posed in the current literature on collaborative Web 2.0 tools. We anticipate a lively discussion of how collaborative Web 2.0 applications are changing teaching and learning.

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