Title :
Using Web 2.0 Technologies in Academic Education for Students in Engineering
Author :
Vasiu, Radu ; Andone, Diana
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Electron. & Telecommun., Politeh. Univ. of Timisoara, Timisoara, Romania
Abstract :
This paper describes the experience of using several web 2.0 tools as part of academic assessment for teaching students in engineering at Master of Science level in "Politehnica" University of Timisoara Virtual Campus. The students used blogs, wikis and several other open source tools as part of their academic assessments, for a semester. They reported this as a positive experience and we believe that integrating some web 2.0 technologies in the academic activity facilitated innovative explorations, experimentation and profound thinking and analyse from students.
Keywords :
Internet; Web sites; computer aided instruction; educational institutions; engineering education; further education; teaching; Politehnica University; Timisoara virtual campus; Web 2.0 technology; Web blogs; academic assessments; academic education; engineering students; master of science; wikis; Blogs; Education; Electronic publishing; Encyclopedias; Internet; Multimedia communication; Web 2.0 technologies; e-learning; engineering education;
Conference_Titel :
Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT), 2011 11th IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Athens, GA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-61284-209-7
Electronic_ISBN :
2161-3761
DOI :
10.1109/ICALT.2011.210
