The potentials and concerns of Web 2.0 technologies in teaching and learning in distance education (original) (raw)

2012

Abstract

Web 2.0 refers to the adoption of open technologies to facilitate participative computing. It is about exploiting the potential of the Internet to foster collaborative participation by harnessing the collective intelligence of people. Web 2.0 or Social Web is transforming the mode whereby users express themselves on the Internet. Web 2.0 allows people to collaborate and share information online in novel ways such as in wikis, communication tools, social networking applications and social tagging. Web 2.0 applications are largely used in private setting as leisure tools. However, this technology has not really infiltrated the educational sector. Although Web 2.0 was not initially designed for educational purposes, it has great potential for teaching and learning. Education has been going through significant changes in the past ten years. Ten years ago, the Internet alone was a salient topic and the concept of e-learning was being introduced into educational institutions. Today, tools...

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