The so-called “Web 2.0” is very distinct from the “Web 1.0” and, according to Coutinho et al (2007, p. 199), “people began to produce its own documents and publish them automatically on the network without the need for a further knowledge of programming and sophisticated computing environments”. The shift from the paradigm “Web 1.0” to “Web 2.0” was very fast, and it is therefore important to present some differences between them (Figure 1).
Comparison between “Web 1.0” and “Web 2.0”