Web 2.0 for teaching and learning

Dr. Dimitrios Vlachopoulos

University of Roehampton, LondonEuropean University Cyprus

Laureate International Universities

Index

1. Introduction

2. The concept of web 2.0 technologies

3. Educational opportunities and challenges for web 2.0

4. Education 2.0

Introduction

• Growing excitement within the educational community about web 2.0 technologies

• ‘Web 2.0’ is an umbrella/inclusive term

• Social software

• ‘Interactive’ rather than ‘broadcast’ forms of exchange

Introduction

• Wikipedia≠ Online Encyclopedia

• 3 c’s Creation, collaboration and communication

• Relation between education and web and vice versa

The concept of Web 2.0

• 2.0 traditional activity has now adopted a particular set of new tools

• Web 2.0 movement

• Microcontent

• Openess

Web 2.0 services

• Socializing through games and virtual worlds

• Media design, sharing and publication

• Reflect through blog, social networks & wikis

• Explore through syndication, recommenders, folksonomies

Important concepts (for education) associated to web 2.0

• Collaboration

• Publication

• Literacies

• Inquiry

Opportunities & Challenges

• New ways of learning

• New types of learners

• New spaces for learning

• Access to knowledge for the masses

• “Disconnection” of learners

• ”Distraction from studies”

• Distance students from the offline realities

Can we talk about Education 2.0?

• The “web 2.0 debate”• Re-imagining educational practice• TEACHER• STUDENT• INSTITUTION• EVALUATION• CURRICILUM

• Re-imagining web 2.0

References• Anderson, P. (2007) What is Web 2.0? Ideas, technologies and implications for education.

www.jisc.ac.uk/media/documents/techwatch/tsw0701b.pdf

• Franklin, T., Van Harmelen, M. (2007). Web 2.0 for content for learning and teaching in higher education. JISC www.jisc.ac.uk/media/documents/programmes/digitalrepositories/web2-contentlearningand-teaching.pdf

• Freedman, T. [ed] (2006) ‘Coming of Age: An introduction to the NEW worldwide web’ www.terrfreedman.org.uk/db/web2/

• O’Reilly, T. (2005) ‘What Is web 2.0? Design patterns and business models for the next generation of software’ www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/oreilly/tim/news/2005/09/30/what-is-web-20.html

• Shirky, C. (2003) ‘Social software and the politics of groups’ www.shirky.com/writings/group_politics.html

Questions?