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The changing Web

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The web is constantly changing. Social media - often referred to as Web 2.0 , or the participatory Web - is shaping up to be one of the most important tool sets available to support the promotion of change in education. Essentially, Web 2.0 The Web is constantly changing, but it is also a change agent. geotagging).

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The survival of higher education (2): Changing times

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My two keynotes were conceived, written and presented over a decade ago in 2000, at a time when the Web was still in its infancy. I was certainly speaking for a time before the advent of what is now referred to as Web 2.0 or the ‘social web’. As my starting point I want to examine the phenomenon that is Web 2.0

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EDEN saw play.

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I'm thinking about the Web 2.0 Tom Wambeke's (KATHO, Belgium) session entitled 'Educational Blogging: in search of a general taxonomy', concluded that folksonomies were less hierarchical and more appropriate measures of blogs. Other sessions dealing with Web 2.0 Kept us on our toes. I hope to see you there.

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#40years of educational technology: Social media

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Around the turn of the century we all began to be aware of a surge in the use of the Web for creating content. Other tools such as wikis, blogs and podcasts also began to be used in education, at first tentatively, and then as embedded features in various programmes of study. 2006 was also the year Twitter was launched.