UVU utilizes various Web 2.0 technologies including 23 blogs, 80 Facebook groups, 4 Flickr accounts, and feeds on YouTube, Twitter and iTunes U. The document outlines official Web management structures at UVU and numerous Web 2.0 tools like social networking, blogs, wikis, document sharing, photo/video sharing and more. It provides examples of how each type of tool can be used and encourages embracing new technologies and engaging with audiences online.

1. Web 2.0 and Other Technologies at UVU UVSELF 09.14.09

2. Web 2.0 - What is it? Two way.

3. What does it affect? Technologies Tools Philosophy Methodology A paradigm shift? Perhaps.

4. Do we have it? Yes. * 23 blogs, * 80 Facebook groups, * 4 institutional Flickr accounts, * 7 LinkedIn groups, * 12 Twitter feeds, * 4 wikis,

5. What we have * 1 yammer account (with over 80 members) * 5 YouTube accounts * 1 RSS feed * 2 Podcasts * 1 Itunes U Lets see: http://www.uvu.edu/visitors/social-media-directory/index.html

6. Official Web Management Structure at UVU

7. Web 2.0 Tools - Social Bookmarking (Folksonomy) - Social Networking & Profiles - Blogs & Microblogs - Collaborative & Interactive Environments - Open Educational Resources - Open Access Journals & Publications - Document Sharing - Feed Readers, News Aggregators & News Rating - Community Engagement Tools - Feedback and User Review - Productivity and Research Tools - Photo and Video Sharing and Editing

8. Social Bookmarking Communities of users based on their decision to link to, cite, and otherwise reference specific websites, journals, and other resources Lets try two: http://del.icio.us/ http://www.trailfire.com/

9. Social Networking Focuses on building online communities of people who share interests and/or activities, or who are interested in exploring the interests and activities of others http://www.facebook.com/ http://www.ning.com/ http://www.lymabean.com/

10. Blogs maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Often end-users can respond directly, and publically, to blog postings. http://www.gouvu.blogspot.com/ http://uvucyclingteam.blogspot.com/

11. Collaborative Environments the user can interact with the site itself, with others, and sometimes with the originators themselves. - Wiki - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah_Valley_University - http://wikilearn.uvu.edu/webtools/Main_Page

12. Open Educational Resources Free. Open Access. Educational. http://www.academicearth.org/ Learning objects: http://cnx.org/ http://www.merlot.org/

13. OpenCourseWare freely available, stand-alone college-level online course and teaching materials http://ocw.mit.edu/ http://www.ocwfinder.com/

14. Open Access Journals Scholarly journals publicly available at no cost to the end user http://www.doaj.org/ http://works.bepress.com/

15. Document Sharing Share and collaborate online http://docs.google.com http://280slides.com/ http://www.mendeley.com/

16. News & Readers Feeds permit subscription to regular updates, delivered automatically via a web, reader, or email. http://alerts.google.com http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/livebookmarks.html http://digg.com/

17. Microblogs Allows users to send brief text updates or micromedia such as photos or audio clips and publish them http://twitter.com/ http://www.yammer.com/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/10282

18. Engagement http://www.volunteermatch.com/ http://www.allforgood.org// http://beextra.org/ http://www.kinded.com/ http://upcoming.yahoo.com

19. Feedback & Review http://www.ratemyprofessors.com/ http://www.communiversity.com/ http://www.stuvu.com/ http://theuniversityreview.com/

20. Productivity http://www.evernote.com http://www.bookgoo.com http://www.awesomehighlighter.com http://www.zotero.org/

21. Photo & Video Sharing http://www.youtube.com http://www.flickr.com (uvumarketing/gogreen)

22. Commentary As the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) notes, “Web 2.0 tools can provide highly interactive and participatory environments that establish communities, open a myriad of communication channels, and ensure each individual and group a voice. In fact, there is a growing body of evidence that the collaboration inherent in the participatory nature of Web 2.0 tools can be leveraged to deepen student learning through authentic, real-world learning” (CoSN, 2009).

23. In Closing It takes a certain amount of giving up control. One thing to keep in mind is that these comments and these exchanges are happening out there anyway...if you don't engage with your perspective, you're giving up on the discussion. So we try to embrace controversy and show confidence that we're willing to engage with an audience in the social media space. It's a reality of communications today.