WEB 2 0 READWRITEWEB DR KATHRYN DIRKIN ELEMENTS

WEB 2. 0 (READ/WRITE/WEB) DR. KATHRYN DIRKIN

ELEMENTS OF WEB 2. 0 • ACCESS • Publishing content is easier, giving more people access to a wider variety of content in a wider variety of formats. • You don't have to go to the content -- you can dictate what content is brought to you • COLLABORATIVE • Users construct content collaboratively (e. g. , wikis, Google Documents) • Users can build on and share content with many users (e. g. , many web-apps allow commenting) • CUSTOMIZED TO THE USER • Content presented is based on past user actions (e. g. , viewing of previous products in Amazon) or on other page content (Google Ads) • SOCIAL • Access to others with common interests is easier (content can be "tagged" with self designated categories) • Facilitates the creation of a networks of users whose content you now have access to by creating contact lists or friend lists. You can add users to your contacts list so that you can be alerted whenever they add new content. • Social networking sites such as Facebook facilitate communication and collaboration • Social bookmarking tools such as Delicious, Digg and Furl allow you to share your bookmarks • Social networking sites even exist for sharing your love of books: Shelfari

EMBODIED VIEWS OF KNOWLEDGE AND LEARNING • Knowledge is distributed • "For example, in order to illustrate the observation that ‘knowledge is distributed’ I have frequently appealed to the story of the 747. In a nutshell, I ask, “who knows how to make a 747 fly from London to Toronto? ” The short answer is that nobody knows how to do this – no one person could design a 747, manufacture the parts (including tires and aircraft engines), take it off, fly it properly, tend to the passengers, navigate, and land it successfully. The knowledge is distributed across a network of people, and the phenomenon of ‘flying a 747’ can exist at all only because of the connections between the constituent members of that network. ” ~Stephen Downes • Learning is a Social Activity • Happens through social activity with more knowledgeable others

EXAMPLES OF WEB 2. 0 TECHNOLOGIES Podcasting Blogs Wikis Photo Sharing

NOW ANYONE CAN POST ANYTHING! • Weebly • Google Sites

BENEFITS & CHALLENGES Blogs Wikis Podcasting Photo Sharing