Web 2.0

Understanding technology for use in distance learning

Sanjaya Mishra, PhD

What is Web 2.0?

❑It's a slippery concept

❑It's a technology platform

❑It's a combination of a variety of services on the web

Term created by Dale Dougherty, Vice President of

O'Reilly Media in 2004.

Key Web 2.0 Services

❑Web-log or blog (coined by Jorn Barger in 1997)

❑Wikis (meaning quick in Hawaiian)

❑Social Bookmarking

❑Social Networking

❑Podcasting (coined by Ben Hammersley)

❑Aggregator or Feed Reader (RSS/ Atom)

What is Web 1.0 and how it differs from Web 2.0?❑ Static web pages❑ User as passive consumer of

information❑ Individual work❑ Publishing (Britannica)❑ Directories (Taxonomies)❑ Personal websites ❑ Page view❑ Storage in hard disk❑ Web as source of information❑ Mass production❑ Pull technology❑ Closed network

❑ User active generator of information❑ Sharing and collaboration❑ Participation (wikipedia)❑ Tagging (Folksonomy)❑ Blogging❑ Cost per click❑ Virtual storage❑ Web as a platform to work❑ Customization❑ Push technology❑ Open network

Web 2.0❑Interactive and dynamic web pages

Big IDEAS of Web 2.0❑User generated content❑Harnessing the power of the

crowd❑Huge data capturing❑Open architechture❑Network effect

Consequences...❑No. of blogs. wiki pages, video

increased❑use of collective intelligence to

rank and recommend❑Multimedia sourcing from crowd❑Tagging as indexing❑Openness, and ease of use❑Increase of social networks

Technology and standards

❑Ajax❑HTML /XHTML, CCS, Document Object

Model, XML, XSLT, Javascript etc.

❑Open APIs❑Multimedia and virtual realities

What is there for us?

❑Application in teaching and learning

❑Application in distance learning

❑Academic publishing and research

❑Data repositories and archiving

❑What else?