article thumbnail

The changing Web

Learning with e's

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. has spawned concepts such as folksonomy, ‘Darwikianism’ and the ‘wisdom of the crowds’ (Kamel Boulos et al, 2006). References Barsky, E.

article thumbnail

The survival of higher education (2): Changing times

Learning with e's

I was certainly speaking for a time before the advent of what is now referred to as Web 2.0 Continued tomorrow References Barsky, E. Wikis, blogs and podcasts : a new generation of Web-based tools for virtual collaborative clinical practice and education. or the ‘social web’. and Purdon, M. Introducing Web 2.0: Maramba, I.

Wiki 89