Archive for the 'web 2.0' Category
Where are we going? Let’s talk about Web 3.0 and Web 4.0.
Currently we’re in the middle of web 2.0 in which the internet is characterised as being ‘read/write’ In other words you can not only read web content but you can also add your own content to the web as well. Example technology includes wikis, blogs, shared content (YouTube, Flickr) and of course social networks (Facebook). [...]
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Pedagogy 2.0
Transforming Pedagogy through Social Software by Catherine McLoughlin and Mark J. W. Lee Web Link
Short paper which briefly looks at the opportunities offered by web 2.0 technology (wikis, blogging etc.) in terms of enabling students to become content creators. Consideration is given the notion of ‘pedagogy 2.0’ which is essentially a learner centred environment founded [...]
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We Think
Another video currently doing the rounds. This considers as to how the internet allows people the freedom to voice thoughts and ideas. And as more people join in the ideas become pooled and shared and taken on life. Quite rightly it states that new ideas come about through conversation and thus describes the web of [...]
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Web 2.0 Is the Future of Education
From the blog of Steve Hargadon (click here).
Steve believes that “the read/write Web, or what we are calling Web 2.0, will culturally, socially, intellectually, and politically have a greater impact than the advent of the printing press.” In particular he emphasises as to how difficult it will be to imagine the changes that will take [...]
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I Facebook through most of my classes…
Wow a real thought provoker this one.
Not actually about Facebook per se and neither related to my quest for learning and teaching examples in Facebook.
Basically a video created by Michael Wesch and 200 students ( Kansas State University). It looks at how students view education today. The content and conclusions, including how many hours students [...]
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20 Project Ideas Inspired by Learning 2.0
This is a great list of activities enabled by web 2.0 technologies. They mainly relate to the K12 sector (primary and secondary school level in UK) but some of the activities could be extrapolated into equivalents for HE. Each activity is backed up by existing and related examples. Well worth a look and exploring. There’s [...]
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Shift Happens
No not a spelling mistake but a presentation on the shifting technological and by extension educational aspects of the world. A very good presentations and I have been aware of this for a number of months. It’s interesting to see, in the true sense of web 2.0 (what goes up can be taken down and [...]
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Web 2.0 on the rise…
…but still a long way to go. Couple of reports on web 2.0 stats
Web 2.0 not so user-generated after all?
By Reuters
Sobering and brief article on web 2.0 in terms of users viewing and adding their own content. 3 of the main web 2.0 sites are considered:
youTube: “A tiny 0.16 per cent of visits to Google’s [...]
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History of web 2.0
And another youTube video on web 2.0 . This presentation presents a narrated overview of the term and refers to its continuing redefinition. Although short the video looks at how the term now encompases podcasting, blogs, wikis and RSS in the context of the DIY web – in which content flows between websites (as opposed [...]
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Web 2.0 … The Machine is Us/ing Us
Great intro to web 2.0. As with the ever expanding internet the concept of web 2.0 seems to be evolving and has many different interpretations. This starts tad slow but the message towards the end fits in with the general overview of what’s happening to the internet. In particular it asks ‘Who will organise all [...]
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