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For those in the Lunchtime course on creating CME, you may wish to visit the pages in the folder: Designing CME (See the navigator section to the right).
"The web is evolving to become more like an area for social and idea networking." (D'Souza)
What is Web 2.0?
The term Web 2.0 is a concept that outlines mediating uses of the Web in learning. It is highly dependent on input and discussion from the users. It is built largely by the users and is not a technology, but is a platform for social interaction that blurs the difference between producers and consumers of content. The Web is a platform by which the users create experiences through interaction around problems. The emphasis on social learning illustrates a shift from the content of a subject to the learning activities and interactions around which the content is situated.
Learners form a virtual study group, and there is ample evidence to explain the effectiveness to clarify areas of uncertainty and confusion, improve learners' understanding of material through hearing the questions and answers of fellow learners, and can take on a role of teacher so that others benefit from their understanding.
See Tim explain Web 2.0 below in less than 50 seconds.
Tim O'Reilly (2005) outlined a set of main characteristics that are crucial for Web 2.0
http://oreilly.com/web2/archive/what-is-web-20.html
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What is the purpose of Web 2.0?
Web 2.0 is the web as a platform for collaboration. It is a way to support discussion, collaborative learning
and form communities of learners. The Web 2.0 represents the move from delivery of information from a teacher
to exploration of information by learners.
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The user experience
Work together. Work synchronously or asynchronously. Add your thoughts and experiences, respond to those of others.
No need to be a programmer. The tools are all there and easy to use.
Without users, the Web would be worthless; contributions are what transfer and create knowledge.
Social learning supports the concept that our undersstanding is socially constructed through conversations about content and through interactions around the concepts and problems. The focus in not on what we are learning but on how we are learning.
http://www.exploratorium.edu/IFI/resources/museumeducation/situated.html
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The web is our portal
Using Web 2.0 we receive and transmit information. The experience is immediate and includes others in the learning.
Share with others our experiences and data as a form of both informal and formal learnng.
Teach others, tailor our own learning and courses.
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See Tim O'Reilly explain the Web 2.0: "The network is the platform"
"Users add value"
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What are these technologies?
The users create the experience.
New technologies (such as wikis, blogs, podcasts, social networks, open resources)
are shaping how teachers provide content knowledge and communicate with their learners.
Deeper learning occurs when learners develop and reflect on their learning and share their experiences with others.
Web 2.0 supports an environment tht is collaborative with strong social dimensions, user-generated design and development,
knowledge management, and personalized learning events.
Web 2.0 provides a framework for learners to design, interact, receive feedback,
and construct their own learning at various levels while contributing to their social community.
Web 2.0 tools allow creative accumulation of knowledge and building on meaningful information.
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5 min video from Wikipedia explaining Web 2.0 -------4 minute video from Mike Wesch explains the "new" web and uses.
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