Google Wave for Student Collaboration

February 17th: "Google Wave for student collaboration", Ray Schroeder (University of Illinois at Springfield), Brian Mulligan (IT Sligo)

Recording now available (see below)

During December 2009, a collaborative exercise was carried out between students in the University of Illinois at Springfield and Institute of Technology Sligo using Google Wave.  (See Chronicle of Higher Education article).  This presentation will outline some of the relevant features of Google Wave, describe the collaboration that took place and the reactions of the students as well as speculate on how useful Google Wave may be in the future.

Ray Schroeder: Ray began working with interactive computer learning technologies through the PLATO system in the mid-1970's. Having taught more than 38 years at the University of Illinois (in Urbana-Champaign and Springfield), he is Professor Emeritus. Schroeder received the 2002 Sloan Award for Most Outstanding Achievement in ALN by an Individual and was a Sloan-C Distinguished Scholar in Online Learning 2002-2003. He was "visiting scholar in online learning" at the University of Southern Maine 2006-2009. His Online Learning Update and Educational Technology blogs and twitter postings are widely read and syndicated around the world.

Brian Mulligan: Brian is the Open Learning Coordinator at the Institute of Technology Sligo, Ireland where he has been a lecturer since 1984. He has been instrumental the rapid growth in online learning in the Institute since 2002 (www.itsligo.ie/online) and a founding member of the Irish Learning Technology Association (www.ilta.net) in 2002. His main areas of expertise are in web-casting, synchronous online training, instructor-led online training and rapid development of online training.

Link to Recording.

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