In order to let people to share and boost their knowledge and ability to learn, the thoughts of using networked computing to connect people were first coined by JCR Licklider’s dated back at 1960s. However, the term of Web 2.0 was created by Dale Dougherty and O'Reilly to describe sites that survived the dot-com crash. Basically, Web 2.0 is sites that enable the visitors to become participants rather than just viewers. The listservs, Usenet groups, discussion software, groupware and Web-based communities have been proved to link people around the world. It is believes that the emergence of the newly improved Web 1.0; Web 2.0 brings many advantages to the generation nowadays.
Take wikipedia as an example. Widely vast information can be obtained there. At the same time, if there is any wrong information about something, you can edit and correct since it is a wikipedia. Or you can even add any new extra information about that particular subject, making it as an interactive way of learning. It enabled the visitors to become participant rather than just viewers.
In addition, the egression of the web application such as blog encouraged people to share and to receive information thus lead to an emergence of close-knit virtual community. It allows the writer of the blog to share the knowledge with others while the reader can interact by leaving comments and feedback making the readers to be an active participant thus making it as a two way communication between the writer and the reader to express their different ideas. Besides that, Web 2.0 enabled us to keep a tab with the updated contents on the sites. The used of widgets such as RSS feeds allows the writer to create a loyal and niche sets of readers. Moreover, it has enabled the webmasters to measure the popularity of their blog.
Web 2.0 has also made it possible to gather information from various sources and personalize it according to the taste and preferences of individual visitors thus offered the advantages of personalizing the content. For instance, prior to the advent of Web 2.0, the searching of information are just limited to only a single source. However, with the advent of Web 2.0, information can be obtained through multiple sources making learning easier. You can either obtain it from the blog or any social bookmarking sites such as Deli.ci.ous and Digg.
In a nutshell, Web 2.0 is believes to bring many advantages to the learning process as it encourages active participant from the users thus enabled them to share different ideas and making it more interactive.
In a nutshell, Web 2.0 is believes to bring many advantages to the learning process as it encourages active participant from the users thus enabled them to share different ideas and making it more interactive.
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