Back to the Future: Tracing the Roots and Learning Affordances of Social Software

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Author(s): Nada Dabbagh (George Mason University, USA)and Rick Reo (George Mason University, USA)
Copyright: 2011
Pages: 20
Source title: Web 2.0-Based E-Learning: Applying Social Informatics for Tertiary Teaching
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Mark J.W. Lee (Charles Sturt University, Australia)and Catherine McLoughlin (Australian Catholic University, Australia)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-294-7.ch001

Keywords: Education / Educational Technologies / Information Science Reference / Web-Based Teaching & Learning

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This chapter provides a developmental perspective on Web 2.0 and social software by tracing the historical, theoretical, and technological events of the last century that led to the emergence—or re-emergence, rather—of these powerful and transformative tools in a big way. The specific goals of the chapter are firstly, to describe the evolution of social software and related pedagogical constructs from pre- and early Internet networked learning environments to current Web 2.0 applications, and secondly, to discuss the theoretical underpinnings of social learning environments and the pedagogical implications and affordances of social software in e-learning contexts. The chapter ends with a social software use framework that can be used to facilitate the application of customized and personalized e-learning experiences in higher education.

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