The Future of Web 2.0  An interview with WSU's Gary Brown  As
director of Washington State University's Center forTeaching,
Learning, and Technology, Gary Brown has stewarded theacceptance
and growth of online learning, forged faculty
developmentprograms for early adopters and laggards alike, and
struggled with theissues of assessment and accountability. But
Brown sees morecomprehensive changes ahead, especially as Web
2.0 technologies becomewidespread.  We're already well down the
path to what somecall a 'Web 2.0 world.' Is Web 2.0 having a
transformative impact onhigher education? We actually need to
begin thinking aboutmoving to the next generation of online
learning in a Web 2.0 orLearning 2.0 world, in which a variety
of tributaries are starting tocome together: demographics,
technology, accountability, and thegeneral direction of
education. But so far, instead of transforming thetraditional
classroom with online learning, we've merely transposed itto
what is now the traditional course management system