Web 2.0 Conference in Billings

Innovations in e-Education spent an enjoyable two days in Billings, Montana (May 6-7, 2009) for a series of faculty development workshops at Montana State University Billings. Tim Tirrell, Director of e-Learning at MSUB brought in Corinne Hoisington (books authored) and Barry Dahl to work with about 40 faculty members and instructional designers over the two full days. Corinne and Barry started things off with a shared plenary session that was intended to set the stage for the breakout sessions that they would lead over the next day and a half. The theme for the workshop was using free or low-cost technologies to create content for use within Desire2Learn. MSUB switched to D2L only recently and many faculty were looking for new ways that they could add content and create engaging assignments and projects for their students using Web 2.0 tools and similar technologies. (CC Photo: “Breakfast at Stella’s” in Billings by Mike Willis)

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