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What is E-Learning 2.0

Chapter 17
Handbook of Research on Practices and Outcomes in E-Learning: Issues and Trends
Using Web 2.0 tools and social software in e-Learning.
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Implementing E-Learning in University 2.0: Are Universities Ready for the Digital Age?
Betül C. Özkan (University of Arizona South, USA)
Copyright: © 2010 |Pages: 16
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-788-1.ch017
Abstract
Because of the ways students learn and make sense of world change, higher education institutions try to re-conceptualize this change process and search for better approaches to respond to the demands of the information age. This chapter will address current transformation specifically occurring in e-Learning environments through emerging technologies and discuss new approaches to teaching and learning so the future of education can be better grasped. The chapter will also provide a list of suggestions so adoption of new technologies as well as e-Learning strategies will be more effective in Universities 2.0.
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Chapter 17
The Impact of Web 2.0 in the Teaching and Learning Process
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Chapter 47
Project-Oriented Game-Based Learning: Managers From Fairytales
The educational technique which means collaborative learning of people situated in different places connected by Web 2.0 instruments.
Published in Chapter: Project-Oriented Game-Based Learning: Managers From Fairytales; From: Handbook of Research on Acquiring 21st Century Literacy Skills Through Game-Based Learning
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Chapter 28
A Qualitative Research Approach for the Investigation and Evaluation of Adult Users’ Participation Factors through Collaborative E-Learning Activities in the Virtual World of “Second Life”
The term “e-learning 2.0” is a “neologism” for collaborative learning through PCs and Web-based technologies and especially with the CSCL progression, by using the Web 2.0. This definition has begun and the initial transformation of conventional learning systems, which are used widely through the Internet. Unlike that of the application of “traditional” e-learning, the impulse gives us this new generation of e-learning, focusing on cooperation and the social production of knowledge. However, it is useful to mention that e-learning and e-learning 2.0, is a single bit of distance learning.
Published in Chapter: A Qualitative Research Approach for the Investigation and Evaluation of Adult Users’ Participation Factors through Collaborative E-Learning Activities in the Virtual World of “Second Life”; From: Handbook of Research on Teaching and Learning in K-20 Education
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Chapter 19
Transforming Continuing Healthcare Education with E-Learning 2.0
The ability to access socially and dynamically, create, and share knowledge in a multidimensional, instantaneous, collaborative, and interactive manner.
Published in Chapter: Transforming Continuing Healthcare Education with E-Learning 2.0; From: Handbook of Research on Practices and Outcomes in E-Learning: Issues and Trends
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Chapter 2
Wikipedia: Educational and Learning Laboratory
The term E-Learning 2.0, first coined by Stephen Downes in 2005, puts the emphasis on e-learning through the use of social software such as blogs, wikis, podcasts, virtual worlds, and the other typical webtools of the Internet 2.0.
Published in Chapter: Wikipedia: Educational and Learning Laboratory; From: Handbook of Research on Didactic Strategies and Technologies for Education: Incorporating Advancements
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Chapter 103
Online Curriculum Development
Promotes online learning as a platform for personal learning through interoperable tools that enable the authoring and sharing of content according to student needs.
Published in Chapter: Online Curriculum Development; From: Encyclopedia of Information Technology Curriculum Integration
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Chapter 20
Mode Neutral: The Pedagogy that Bridges Web 2.0 and e-Learning 2.0
A generation where digital technologies encourage social networking by providing ‘space’ or ‘tools’ for the user to collaborate and foster communities of practice.
Published in Chapter: Mode Neutral: The Pedagogy that Bridges Web 2.0 and e-Learning 2.0; From: Handbook of Research on Practices and Outcomes in E-Learning: Issues and Trends
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Chapter 139
Cultural Issues in the Globalisation of Distance Education
Promotes online learning as a platform for personal learning through interoperable tools that enable reusable content to be authored, repurposed, mixed and shared according to students’ particular needs and interests.
Published in Chapter: Cultural Issues in the Globalisation of Distance Education; From: Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Second Edition
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Chapter 20
The Pedagogical Implications of Web 2.0
The term e-Learning 2.0 refers to the second generation of eLearning making use of the social collaboration and information sharing tools embedded in Web 2.0 environments. It describes a new generation of e-based learning environments that allow students to create content, and collaborate with peers on the creation of content distributed by technological tools. e-Learning 2.0 provides a new learning paradigm naturally unfolding collective intelligences.
Published in Chapter: The Pedagogical Implications of Web 2.0; From: Handbook of Research on Web 2.0 and Second Language Learning
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Chapter 26
Student Perceptions and Pedagogical Applications of E-Learning Tools in Online Course
E-Learning 2.0 tools are characterized as tag-based, participatory, playful, social networking, and collaborative editing through tools such as blogs, wikis, RSS, podcasting, flickr, del.icio.us, and Wikipedia.
Published in Chapter: Student Perceptions and Pedagogical Applications of E-Learning Tools in Online Course; From: Handbook of Research on Practices and Outcomes in E-Learning: Issues and Trends
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Chapter 10
Exploring Ideas and Possibilities of Second Life as an Advanced E-Learning Environment
E-learning 2.0 means that the second generation of e-learning based on Web 2.0. technologies.
Published in Chapter: Exploring Ideas and Possibilities of Second Life as an Advanced E-Learning Environment; From: Handbook of Research on Practices and Outcomes in E-Learning: Issues and Trends
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Chapter 24
Project-Based Intercultural Collaborative Learning for Social Responsibility: The Ukrainian-Slovenian Experience
The educational technique which means collaborative learning of people situated in different places connected by Web 2.0 instruments.
Published in Chapter: Project-Based Intercultural Collaborative Learning for Social Responsibility: The Ukrainian-Slovenian Experience; From: Handbook of Research on Enhancing Innovation in Higher Education Institutions
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