Home School	San Jose State University
Class Name	Information Technology Tools & Applications: Advanced Web 2.0
Class Number	LIBR 246
Course Tool	Desire2Learn
Class Section	12
Faculty	Meredith Farkas
Credits	3 Credit Hours
Class Description	Social software is rapidly changing the way we all work and play online. Social technologies have turned the web into a participatory medium where everyone can add their own creativity and knowledge to the whole. It is also opening up new opportunities for reaching out to patrons and providing library services in the online medium. This course is focused on developing the skills and knowledge necessary to evaluate, implement and maintain Web 2.0 technologies. We will examine the social technologies that comprise Web 2.0 and how libraries can capitalize on these tools to improve communication between the library and its patrons, build online communities, and better share information. Many social software tools are quite easy to get started with. It takes mere minutes to create a blog or a wiki and start adding content to them. This has led many libraries to dive into these technologies without properly planning for their ongoing use and maintenance. Blog posts must be made engaging so that people will read them. Wikis must be made inviting so that people will contribute. While the technologies are not difficult to learn, the challenge is to make them effective, engaging and useful in your library. This course will focus on social software best practices, highlighting successful examples and discovering what makes them so effective. This course will involve a hands-on experience with the technologies as well as frequent reflections on how to apply what you've learned in a professional setting. You will have the opportunity to explore social software from an academic standpoint and a practical standpoint; understanding how communities form through these tools and how you can capitalize on them in a library setting. View Syllabus
Seats	2
Delivery	Synchronous
Start and End Date	6/4/2012 - 8/10/2012
Last Add Day	5/21/2012
Residency Start and End Date	No Residency
Class Disclaimer	There will be just one Elluminate/Collaborate session at the end of the course (8/7/12 from 6:30-8pm Pacific Time), which will require your participation.