There are many excellent Web 2.0 tools that have been used successfully to enhance learning and increase engagement, but finding just the right tools can be challenging. You will be introduced to five exemplar tools. You will learn how to effectively use these tools.

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In the online classroom, interaction prompts more interaction by stimulating more perspectives, points of view, ideas, questions, and disagreements. Through collaboration and discussion, both facilitators and students help each other in the learning process.

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This workshop will explore the issue of academic management in online learning and ways to ensure that faculty can incorporate online teaching into normal academic life. In addition to learning skills to avoid burnout that derives from multiple sources, participants will be encouraged to share their own institutional practices as part of the conversation.

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University faculty, teaching assistants and instructional support personnel are encouraged to submit a proposal to present at the 2011 conference, which will be held on Friday, April 29 at the Adele H. Stamp Student Union.
See the conference web site for details and to access the web-based proposal submission form.