Kingston Univertisy Faculty of Business and Law
University 2.0

Workshop on the potential impact of Web 2.0 and related technologies on Universities

This event took place on Monday 2nd July 2007 at Kingston Hill Campus, Kingston Hill, Kingston upon Thames.

If you are interested in similar events please contact: Chris Reade, Head of Department of Informatics and Operations Management (formerly the School of Business Information Management).

New capabilities for social networking, collaborating and communicating as exemplified by tools for syndication, tagging, blogging, wikis, etc. are having a significant impact on working life as well as socially. This rapid pace of change in Web usage under the banner of Web 2.0 and the widespread availability of new tools are significant for Universities in several ways.

The expectations of students growing up with this new culture is shifting and shortcomings in many products currently used by Universities for learning management systems and knowledge management are being amplified. The changing nature of how we interact with technology indicates that a rethink of planned ICT facilities and services may be needed as well as many aspects of learning and teaching.

The changes are also significant for global recruitment and the ways in which the University could be marketed. This workshop will be an opportunity for anyone with an interest in University strategic planning to explore some of these issues. It will involve a mixture of presentations, guest expert speakers and discussion sessions. Attendees will be provided with a contextual understanding of the new uses of web technologies and an awareness of the functionality offered by the new web-based environments.

In particular, we will address the strategic implications of Web 2.0 for developing leading edge student learning support, and also evaluate and review the range of environments that are being adopted to drive forward innovation and new functionality in the area of student learning support.

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