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The changing Web

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Personally, I find myself in agreement with Brian Winston (2003) who views the Web as a facet of gradual evolution rather than symptoms of sudden revolution. has spawned concepts such as folksonomy, ‘Darwikianism’ and the ‘wisdom of the crowds’ (Kamel Boulos et al, 2006). Unported License. geotagging). Van Dijk, J. London: Sage.

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The survival of higher education (2): Changing times

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Personally, I find myself in agreement with Brian Winston (2003), preferring to view social applications as a facet of gradual evolution rather than symptoms of sudden revolution. Unported License. Debate centres upon whether the emerging social applications constitute a sea change or revolution in the Web (cf. Wheeler, S. Winston, B.

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#40years of educational technology: Social media

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Unported License. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's.