What is Web 2.0?

• Web 2.0, a phrase coined by O'Reilly Media in 2004, refers to a perceived second-generation of Web-based services

• Examples - social networking sites, wikis, communication tools, and folksonomies that emphasize online collaboration and sharing among users

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Traditional Learning

Print Radio

Competition

Teacher Driven

Formal Learning

When available

Individual

Television Lecture

Social Learning

Blogs

Podcasts

Wiki

RSS/Feeds

Virtual Worlds

Collaboration

Student Driven

Informal Learning

When needed

Communities2

Collaborate towards the learning/performance outcome identified

Derive knowledge from each other

Contribute expertise

Personalize information

Continuously improve learning/performance

Receive / provide collaborator feedback

Web 2.0

The Learner becomes a designer

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A quick look at the new tools

• Blogs• Wikis• Podcasts• RSS• Aggregators• Folksonomy/ Social bookmarking• Social Networking• Mashup• Webware

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Wikis

• A website or similar online resource which allows users to add and edit content collectively. (www.tvb.org/multiplatform/Multiplatform_Glossary.asp)

• It is maintained by the community• “Wiki wiki” means "rapidly" in the Hawaiian

language• Wikipedia

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