Stepping over the Edge: The Implications of New Technologies for Education

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Author(s): Gráinne Conole (The Open University, UK)
Copyright: 2011
Pages: 22
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.ch021

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

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This chapter considers the impact of Web 2.0 technologies on education and, in particular, how these new technologies are changing learning and teaching practices. It considers their fundamental characteristics and looks at the implications for learners, teachers, and institutions. It argues that the impact on practice can be both positive and negative, and that as a consequence, educational institutions need to develop new policies and strategies. The chapter concludes with two approaches to making sense of and harnessing these new technologies. The first is an example of applying Web 2.0 approaches to facilitating greater dialogue and sharing of learning and teaching ideas, through a social networking site for design. The second argues for greater use of metaphors and other forms of meaning making as a mechanism for understanding Web 2.0 technologies in an educational context.

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