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Understanding Web 2.0 and its Implications for E-Learning

Understanding Web 2.0 and its Implications for E-Learning

Tony Bates
Copyright: © 2011 |Pages: 22
ISBN13: 9781605662947|ISBN10: 1605662941|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781616923488|EISBN13: 9781605662954
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-294-7.ch002
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Bates, Tony. "Understanding Web 2.0 and its Implications for E-Learning." Web 2.0-Based E-Learning: Applying Social Informatics for Tertiary Teaching, edited by Mark J.W. Lee and Catherine McLoughlin, IGI Global, 2011, pp. 21-42. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-294-7.ch002

APA

Bates, T. (2011). Understanding Web 2.0 and its Implications for E-Learning. In M. Lee & C. McLoughlin (Eds.), Web 2.0-Based E-Learning: Applying Social Informatics for Tertiary Teaching (pp. 21-42). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-294-7.ch002

Chicago

Bates, Tony. "Understanding Web 2.0 and its Implications for E-Learning." In Web 2.0-Based E-Learning: Applying Social Informatics for Tertiary Teaching, edited by Mark J.W. Lee and Catherine McLoughlin, 21-42. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2011. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-294-7.ch002

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Abstract

A whole new range of web-based tools and services now provides learners with the opportunity to create their own digital learning materials, personal learning environments, and social networks. What are the implications for the design of learning materials, workplace training, and accreditation of learners? This chapter focuses on integrating educational principles of virtual learning with the application of these new technologies. The argument is made that these tools provide an opportunity for new design models for education and training that will better prepare citizens and workers for a knowledge-based society. It rejects, though, the notion that these tools of themselves will revolutionize education and make formal institutions redundant.

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