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wb07 11/24/2009 8:57:46

General Session - Conference Presentation Only (no formal paper)

// Jackie Gerstein, Bluefield State College, USA, jgerst1111@aol.com //
 * Diversity Education: Enhancing Learning Management System Courses with Web 2.0 **

Participants will be introducted to the online learning activities of students in the Diversity Education online course.

Participants will learn:

- How open and free Web 2.0 technologies can be used to make Learning Management Systems more interactive, engaging, and immersive.

- How technology can be used to create authentic and concrete learning experiences for topics related to diversity and global education.

- How the use of technology can increase pre-service (and in-service) diversity awareness for teachers, as well as provide tools, knowledge, and skills to assist teachers with their students in developing such awareness.

- Applications of specific technologies used to explore and learn the skills related to diversity education. These technologies include a Wiki, Ning, VoiceThread, Glogster, Etherpad, Diigo, Virtual Field Trips, Online Interactives, and Global Connections.

All Audiences web2.0 LMS distancelearning global