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E-Learning 2.0: Web 2.0, the Semantic Web and the Power of Collective Intelligence

E-Learning 2.0: Web 2.0, the Semantic Web and the Power of Collective Intelligence

Chaka Chaka
Copyright: © 2010 |Pages: 23
ISBN13: 9781605667881|ISBN10: 1605667889|EISBN13: 9781605667898
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-788-1.ch003
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Chaka, Chaka. "E-Learning 2.0: Web 2.0, the Semantic Web and the Power of Collective Intelligence." Handbook of Research on Practices and Outcomes in E-Learning: Issues and Trends, edited by Harrison Hao Yang and Steve Chi-Yin Yuen, IGI Global, 2010, pp. 38-60. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-788-1.ch003

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Chaka, C. (2010). E-Learning 2.0: Web 2.0, the Semantic Web and the Power of Collective Intelligence. In H. Yang & S. Yuen (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Practices and Outcomes in E-Learning: Issues and Trends (pp. 38-60). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-788-1.ch003

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Chaka, Chaka. "E-Learning 2.0: Web 2.0, the Semantic Web and the Power of Collective Intelligence." In Handbook of Research on Practices and Outcomes in E-Learning: Issues and Trends, edited by Harrison Hao Yang and Steve Chi-Yin Yuen, 38-60. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2010. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-788-1.ch003

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Abstract

This chapter contends that both Web 2.0 and the Semantic Web (the SW) serve as critical enablers for e-learning 2.0. It also maintains that the SW has the potential to take e-learning 2.0 to new frontiers of advancement. Most significantly, the chapter argues that Web 2.0 and the SW provide an ideal platform for harnessing collective intelligence, collective knowledge, the power of the groundswell, the network effect, and the collective power of simulation for higher education institutions (HEIs) in the area of elearning 2.0. Against this backdrop, the chapter provides, first, a short overview of e-learning 2.0, Web 2.0 and the SW. Second, it characterises the way in which Web 2.0 social software technologies (e.g., blogs, wikis, social networks and virtual worlds) can be deployed in HEIs for delivering e-learning 2.0 for educational purposes. In addition, it outlines the manner in which the SW (in the form of semantic blogs, semantic wikis, semantic social networks and semantic virtual worlds) can enhance each of these Web 2.0 technologies for deploying e-learning 2.0 in HEIs.

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