Web 2.0's Impact on Education

2121stst Century Learning Century Learning

A Few Trends Are Already Here and Growing…

Trend #1Publishing & Content-Overload

With 100,000 added each day

Trend #2Participation & ‘Pro-sumption’

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Trend #3Collaboration & Innovation

Original Bloom’s Revised Bloom’s

“Collaboration is not a 21st century skill; it’s a 21st century essential.”

Trend #4Flat / Social Learning

Trend #5The ‘Long Tail’

YesterdayYesterday TomorrowTomorrow

Authority Transparency

Consuming Producing

LectureLecture HallwayHallway

Expert Facilitator

“Access to Information” “Access to People”

Publication Conversation

Supply-Push Demand-Pull

Formal Schooling Lifelong Learning

What Can Educators Do?

Lurk and LearnLurk and Learn

Join the Conversation / ParticipateJoin the Conversation / Participate

Initiate Conversations on Web 2.0Initiate Conversations on Web 2.0

Encourage Online Expression / Encourage Online Expression / Content ProductionContent Production

Promote / Teach New Promote / Teach New (Cyber, Thinking, Real-world) (Cyber, Thinking, Real-world)

SkillsSkills

References

• Hargadon, S. (2008) Web 2.0 is the future of education, Steve Hargadon’s blog, http://www.stevehargadon.com/2008/03/web-20-is-future-of-education.html

Photo Credits

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