Web+2.0

=Web 2.0 Meets Education 2.0=



The creation of Web 2.0 has changed how society functions and learns. According to Rosen and Nelson, the definition of Web 2.0 is “presentation and participation” on the Internet, which allows us to share anything and everything, as well as to connect with anyone on the Internet. I took a look at Tumblr for the first time and was very impressed with the layout and ease of use. I used to use Blogger early in high school but it phased out and I don’t really blog anymore. In any case, Web 2.0 has created blogs and wiki pages as a tool to express ideas, actions, interests, and more. Web 2.0 is currently affecting my education here at the U of MN. Moodle 2.0 has very similar features as blogs on Web 2.0. I use Moodle to get assignments and interact with classmates. Overall, Web 2.0 is a great learning tool. It encourages free thought, which would especially benefit discussion related classes like this one, literature classes, and philosophy classes. It would also be useful in media related classes like music or science classes where audio files, movies, and pictures can be shown to help better grasp the function of the Electron Transport Chain or analyze the style of Mozart in media classes. According to Rosen and Nelson, Wikis are great as educational tools because they are easy to use, students can do things individually or as groups, wikis allow external resources to be attached for further learning, it allows interaction among classmates, and it allows the teacher to track participation. Web 2.0 has allows us to learn socially, which is important because human beings are naturally a social species. --Nik

Web 2.0 has rearranged the way we develop knowledge and has taught us ways of better communicating online. Web 2.0 is a way for us to communicate with other through the internet. I have previously been exposed to Tumblr as I've known people who have used it as a way to blog. Persoanlly I've never really gotten involved with blogs its just hasnt been something that I've ever been intrigued by. Even with the blogs sites that I'm familiar with they dont seem to compare with Web 2.0. Web 2.0 is more advances in that it allows us to create wiki pages to share our ideas about particuliar topics. I think that Web 2.0 is an excellent internet tool as you are able to communicate with others and its great for classes that are completely online where personal contact may not be available or limited. -Jonathan

Web 2.0 is a way for us to participate in creating information on the Web as well as social sharing. It is very easy to use and even people who know little about technology can use it. For example, my parents who do not like learning new technologies can use Facebook and LinkedIn to connect and share things with their friends and coworkers. For me, I am using Web 2.0 in most of my classes at UMN. Besides Moodle, I also start to use Ning for our class where it is a helpful platform tool for students to post ideas in discussions, interact with classmates and get links for different reading assignments. I think Web 2.0 is a great tool for learning as well as social with others. It is especailly helpful for online class where it creates a new way for collaborate learning. We are able to read, write and share the thoughts without meeting each other in person. - Yameng

Web 2.0 is a great tool because it allows for more and more education tools online. Web 2.0 allows for student interaction on the internet. One example is the site called Moodle. Moodle is a site where teachers can post a class schedule and links to homework assignments. Students can upload their homework to the class page. They can also participate in online discussions. These online discussions allow them to think about the material outside of class, ask questions, discuss material with classmates, and think critically about the material. Moodle is just one example of the new types of learning that Web 2.0 has created. Some other examples include Ning, Engrade, and Wikispaces. Overall, Web 2.0 has and will contribute greatly to modern education. - Erica

Until reading the Web 2.0 article, I didn't even know there was a difference between 1.0 and 2.0. From my understanding, web 1.0 was when the internet was just used for reading whereas web 2.0 is used for more interaction on the internet. The article gave examples of 2.0 websites but an example not mentioned was facebook. It allows us to upload pictures and communicate via messages and wall posts. It is a lot more interactive than web 1.0 was considering anyone can post on facebook. Another example I thought of was Google dox. I began using google dox. last semester and it is a way where multiple students can be on the same word document at the same time and make changes even while the others are on it. It makes doing group work for classes a lot easier considering schedules get busy. --Kaitlin

Social networking like Facebook and Twitter have in the last 5 years, completely changed how the social structure works. But probably one of the educational introductions, and one of the most helpful, from Web 2.0 is Google Docs. I can't think of a single class that involved group work in the past 4 years where I haven't actively used the Word or Powerpoint group documents Google has created. It allows concurrent editing of one document by multiple people so that everyone can see changes that anybody made. It also enables distance meetings when the timing of projects isn't always convenient.

Web 2.0 is a transformed phase of the Internet that allows Internet users to //read-write// on the Web, which is a more user-friendly version than Web 1.0, where the Internet allows //read-only// unless you're a techie that has the knowledge of publishing tools. Web 2.0 has made easy for anyone that has an Internet browser to participate, interact, or share any information on the Web without much technical knowledge. Examples like Wikipedia and Bloggers allow users to publish information and transform individual activities into social-sharing activities, are a phenomena of "social revolution" more it is a "technical revolution." When Web 2.0 meets Education 2.0, it transformed a sage-on-the-stage pedagogy to a social constructivist pedagogy, allowing students to interact and communicate with a more diverse and larger group of participant that enhances learning and promotes social interaction in education.

Before I read the article about Web 2.0, I didn't even realize the Internet was "labeled" through the years as 1.0 or 2.0. I found myself amazed at the fact that I am so caught up in all the new changes and creations on the Internet that I never stopped to think about how it used to be just a reading environment in the 1.0 phase and how it is now a presentation AND participation environment in 2.0. If I actually think about everything that we can now do on the Internet compared to back in the early 90's, it is truly astonishing. Like the article stated, nobody was able to broadcast information on the Internet unless they knew the language of HTML or knew how to use sophisticated publishing tools. The three main features of Web 2.0 are: 1) user-initiated publishing of info, 2) social-sharing options with privacy controls, and 3) social networking options. I found this diagram called "A Day on the Internet", it gives some pretty astonishing facts about what happens on the Internet around the world daily. I would definitely recommend checking it out :) ([|Diagram Link]) --Caitlin

Compared to web 2.0, web 1.0 was a boring place. If I had to choose one word to describe what the greatest difference is between the two, it would be "collaboration". As described in the article you could post pictures on web 1.0 but that was it. You could give your friends the web address and they could log on and check it out but if they wanted to talk to you about the pictures you would have to either meet in person, call, or e-mail. With web 2.0 I can post pictures on any one of a multitude of photo sharing sites, decide who to allow to view them, and those people can make their comments online. Wikis are another example of improving on web 1.0. While an online encyclopedia britannica is a somewhat more reliable source of information its scope is severely limited when compared to wikipedia. --Bjarni

Web 2.0 basically allows the individual to contribute, in a much more engaging manner, to an aggregation of knowledge hosted on the internet. I have found Wikipedias and their vast encyclopaedic knowledge on virtually any subject, to be extremely useful when I am seeking information that I need to obtain instantaneously. Furthermore, Google Docs makes college group work extremely easy, especially when you are able to chat in "real time" and can witness editing changes on the screen. I also greatly appreciate when teachers utilize Moodle to upload readings rather than requiring students to purchase wasteful packets of paper. Moodle is also great for class discussion, and I have also used it for peer reviewing of essays!