TY - GEN
T1 - Engaging students through Web 2.0 technologies
T2 - 2012 45th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2012
AU - Aggarwal, Nitin
AU - Albert, Leslie Jordan
AU - Walden, Eric A.
AU - Kumthekar, Shruti
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - This paper applies the relatively new concept of the Long Tail to classroom environments thereby offering a new way of viewing student participation and engagement. We suggest that Web 2.0 technologies such as forums and wikis will appeal to the Long Tail of low-involvement students to increase their interactions within learning environments in the same way that Internet search and recommendation technologies have enabled firms to capture greater value from the Long Tail of less frequently sold products. This theoretical work contributes to the literature by illustrating how these technologies can offer a simple and efficient means of increasing student participation, engagement and learning. We conclude our concept of Long Tail student engagement with directions for future research and practical suggestions for instructors seeking to employ these technologies in their classrooms.
AB - This paper applies the relatively new concept of the Long Tail to classroom environments thereby offering a new way of viewing student participation and engagement. We suggest that Web 2.0 technologies such as forums and wikis will appeal to the Long Tail of low-involvement students to increase their interactions within learning environments in the same way that Internet search and recommendation technologies have enabled firms to capture greater value from the Long Tail of less frequently sold products. This theoretical work contributes to the literature by illustrating how these technologies can offer a simple and efficient means of increasing student participation, engagement and learning. We conclude our concept of Long Tail student engagement with directions for future research and practical suggestions for instructors seeking to employ these technologies in their classrooms.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84857938928&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/HICSS.2012.247
DO - 10.1109/HICSS.2012.247
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84857938928
SN - 9780769545257
T3 - Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
SP - 41
EP - 47
BT - Proceedings of the 45th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS-45
PB - IEEE Computer Society
Y2 - 4 January 2012 through 7 January 2012
ER -