Web 2.0 Technologies in E-Learning

2008

Abstract In recent years there has been an increase in the use of titles based on web technology. Web 2.0 applications, particularly wikis, blogs, you tube channels, forums, podcasts and social network services have been adopted by many educational institutions in our country and world. Web 2.0 tools offer the opportunity for sharing of multimedia information and the ease of co-operation. Educational institutions are dislocated, temporal and spatial barriers is enormous, there is no cooperation between similar institutions, students have no desire, no motivation. With the advent of web 2.0 tools are refuge these barriers and there was a chance for the development of education in undeveloped areas completely smooth and efficient.

We have witnessed a rapid increase in the use of Web-based 'collaborationware' in recent years. These Web 2.0 applications, particularly blogs, wikis and podcasts have been increasingly used in higher education. Because of their ease of use and rapidity of deployment, they offer the opportunity for powerful information sharing and ease of collaboration. Web 2.0 tools are changing the way we work online. As teachers, we need to understand how these emerging technologies impact both on our students’ learning and on our own teaching practice. This means we must ourselves become more confident in our use of Web 2.0, to be able to cope with the rapidly changing nature of these technologies. The purpose of this paper is giving an overview of web 2.0 and open sources technologies in higher educational settings. The paper focuses specifically on implementing these tools in higher education. After giving discussion of some important web 2.0 tools, the paper will give suggestions to implement these technologies in Universities and higher education institutions to improve students’ learning.

Cherkasy University Bulletin: Pedagogical Sciences

Introduction. The article examines the peculiarities of implementing Web 2.0 technology into the educational process, covers the advantages of certain web-services and electronic resources. It is noted that in the conditions of the information society there is a rapid development of software and hardware. Using services and electronic resources that support Web 2.0 technology, allows to diversify the educational process, make it more qualitative and interactive. The purpose of the article is to reveal specific features and benefits of online services and Web 2.0 electronic resources for organizing the educational process of a higher school. Results. It has been found that capabilities of Web 2.0 make it possible to create a modern educational environment, provide mixed and distance learning, and ensure creative application of acquired knowledge. This can be achieved thanks to various online services and electronic resources, which can be divided into several groups. It has been expo...

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IGI Global eBooks, 2011

Today, Web 2.0 technologies have an important role on improving features and functions of the standard World Wide Web platform. In this sense, Web 2.0 offers more interactive, dynamic, personal and flexible Web content for Internet users. Because of this function, Web 2.0 technologies are widely used in different fields to improve their standards provided for people on the Web platform. Education is one of these fields and popular Web 2.0 technologies are often used in this field to improve effectiveness of a typical education process. In this study, a learning IODL&ICEM 2010 Joint Conference and Media Days He is currently a Research Assistant in Afyon Kocatepe University, Turkey. His research interest includes distance learning, fuzzy logic control, online / virtual laboratories and cryptography.

Proceedings of the 31st MIPRO International Convention on Computers in Education

This paper presents an overview of popular Web 2.0 technologies and a review of research related to their use in education. A survey of the use of Web 2.0 technologies was performed by university students with a high level of ICT skills and access to the Internet. For selected Web 2.0 technologies and services the students were asked how frequently they use them and for what purpose. Web 2.0 technologies are suitable for communication between the instructor and the students, for collaboration among students, and for peer-to-peer learning. They can also support novel forms of technology use in education and innovation in instructional design.

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There have recently emerged a family of internet services that attract the label 'Web 2.0'. Wide acceptance of this term implies that together these services identify a step change in the nature of the World Wide Web. This report defines that change and notes the way in which young ...

Universal Access in Human-Computer …, 2007

Web 2.0 is an emerging catch phrase and the applications associated with it shocked the traditional eLearning world. However, is this really all new and can it be considered suitable for future interfaces for technology enhanced learning? In this paper, we present some experiences with LearnLand. This is an application designed and developed at Graz University of Technology and which has been running there since October 2006. It is based on the opensource software ELGG, which is a social software offering a high degree of choice, flexibility and openness and is considered as a system that places people at the hub of the activities. Our experimental research demonstrated that exactly this ease of use aspect is an absolute necessity for successful Web 2.0 learning applications. The tools of Web 2.0 have crossed Moore's chasm and reached the early majority, where they are evolving rapidly. However, the idea of social software itself, especially in learning scenarios, is not as far developed as we may imagine. It is necessary to take into account the fact that too few innovators and early adopters are actually using Web 2.0 technology to enhance existing learning behaviors. Insufficient educational concepts with Web 2.0 technologies require much future work.