On the Horizon: Will Web 2.0 Change the Face of Online Learning?

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Publication Date

11-2008

Publication Title

Proceedings of World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2008

ISBN

978-1-880094-66-2

Abstract

This paper explores the push/pull between two competing forces impacting online learning. Applying a business model, with its emphasis on cost-effectiveness, scalability, and modularization has been identified as the conservative (pull) force. The push (or progressive force) is the use of Web 2.0 technologies to transform education into a student-centered learning community. Understanding these competing forces is needed to function in the new landscape of higher education.

Comments

© 2008 Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE)

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