http://hackademic.net/2009/05/08/patchy-use-of-web20-in-uk-universities-times-higher-education-delicious/ hackademic.net -- journalism, teaching and learning, the media, research, and more... <br> ... from the perspective of a journalism educator Thu, 09 Sep 2010 06:54:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://hackademic.net/2009/05/08/patchy-use-of-web20-in-uk-universities-times-higher-education-delicious/comment-page-1/#comment-21932 Martin Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:24:20 +0000 http://hackademic.net/2009/05/08/patchy-use-of-web20-in-uk-universities-times-higher-education-delicious/#comment-21932 Part of the reason for educators' reluctance to embrace web 2.0 is to do with lack of understanding. But my impression is that pure pressure of time is one of the biggest factors. So far I have only anecdotal evidence for this but I've come across academics who are reluctant to use new web-based approaches (a) because they need to put their effort into their research and (b) because they want to be risk-averse in their approach to teaching Part of the reason for educators’ reluctance to embrace web 2.0 is to do with lack of understanding. But my impression is that pure pressure of time is one of the biggest factors. So far I have only anecdotal evidence for this but I’ve come across academics who are reluctant to use new web-based approaches (a) because they need to put their effort into their research and (b) because they want to be risk-averse in their approach to teaching

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