E-learning 2.0

Draft

Definition

E-learning 2.0 is "learning as a network phenomenon", e.g. web of user-generated content (eg. Wikipedia), social networks and communities (entails a genuinely portable (and owned) identity, Networks of interactions (aggregate, remix, repurpose, feed forward) - syndication, The personal learning centre (Downes, retrieved 17:06, 27 April 2007 (MEST)

As opposed to e-learning

“When we think of learning content today, we probably think of a learning object. Originating in the world of computer-based delivery (CBT) systems, learning objects were depicted as being like lego blocks or atoms, little bits of content that could be put together or organized. Standards bodies have refined the concept of learning objects into a rigorous form and have provided specifications on how to sequence and organize these bits of content into courses and package them for delivery as though they were books or training manuals. [...] As a consequence, the dominant learning technology employed today is a type of system that organizes and delivers online courses - the learning management system (LMS)”. (| Downes, 2006, retrieved 17:06, 27 April 2007 (MEST) but links replaced by interal ones)

Now Downes argues that “the nature of the Internet, and just as importantly, the people using the Internet, has begun to change. These changes are sweeping across entire industries as a whole and are not unique to education; indeed, in many ways education has lagged behind some of these trends and is just beginning to feel their wake.” ....

Steve O'Hear (2006) argues in the same direction: “Like the web itself, the early promise of e-learning - that of empowerment - has not been fully realized. The experience of e-learning for many has been no more than a hand-out published online, coupled with a simple multiple-choice quiz. Hardly inspiring, let alone empowering. But by using these new web services, e-learning has the potential to become far more personal, social and flexible.” ([1]).

“What is E-learning 2.0? Well first of all it's a rhetorical manoeuvre by e-learning suppliers and consultants to distance themselves from the failures of the first wave of e-learning. Secondly it appears to be the bastard neologism offspring of e-learning and Web 2.0 technologies.” ([2], retrieved 17:06, 27 April 2007 (MEST)).

Related issues:

• Instructional design models like writing-to-learn, knowledge-building community model, project-oriented learning (of course, in a later version of this article, connections must be made to educational design theories).
• Microlearning

Technology

Mostly web 2.0 things, e.g. software that is described in articles like:

• webtops ("ajax home pages, webos')
• web widgets (applications embedded in webtops or mashups.
• personal learning environments
• virtual office software
• social software, e.g. wikis, blogs etc. in education.

See the list of web 2.0 applications which should provide a centralized list of major software that may be useful in education.

Links and references

Websites

• E-learning 2.0 (Blog in German)

• Learning 2.0 This popular site was created to support PLCMC's Learning 2.0 Program; a discovery learning program designed to encourage staff to explore new technologies and reward them for doing23 Things

• School 2.0 School 2.0 is a brainstorming tool designed to help schools, districts and communities develop a common education vision for the future and to explore how that vision can be supported by technology. (includes some "2.0" stuff).

Tutorials and overviews

• Anderson, Paul, What Is Web 2.0? Ideas, Technologies and Implications for Education, JISC Technology and Standards Wath, PDF (One of the best overviews I have seen - Daniel K. Schneider)

• Brian Benzinger (2006), Back to School with the Class of Web 2.0: Part 1, [3].On 19:51, 14 May 2007 (MEST) this was the best "web 2.0" I found made specifically for education - Daniel K. Schneider.

• 23 Things. This is a sort of WebQuest (23 Things (or small exercises) that you can do on the web to explore and expand your knowledge of the Internet and Web 2.0.). This is also available on 43 things

• Berly Hanly (2006), Back to School with the Class of Web 2.0: Part 1/2/3, Wired.

• D'Souza, Quentin, 100+ Web 2.0 Ideas for Educators: A Guide to RSS and More.

Abstract/PDF

Talks

• What E-Learning 2.0 means To You

• McIntosh, Ewan, Web2.0 in education (Blog entry) for Web2.0inEducationIntroJordanhill.mp4

• OReilly, Tim, Web 2.0 and Education, MP3 (Podcast). A summary is provided by Steve Hargadon. T. O'Reilly made a blog entry.

Blog entries and articles

• Alexander, Bryan (2006). Web 2.0: A New Wave of Innovation for Teaching and Learning?, EDUCAUSE Review, vol. 41, no. 2 (March/April 2006): 32-44. HTML

• Andrews, Robert (2007). Don't Tell Your Parents: Schools Embrace MySpace, Wired, HTML

• Downes, Stephen, E-learning 2.0, eLearn Magazine, HTML As of 17:06, 27 April 2007 (MEST) probably the most quoted piece.

• Good, Robin, (2007). Web 2.0 Takes On Colleges And Universities: The Dawn Of Education 2.0, blog Entry, [4].

• Karrer, Tony (2006). What is eLearning 2.0?, Blog Entry, HTML.

• Kerres, M. (2006). Potenziale von Web 2.0 nutzen. PDF

• Jadin, T. (in press). Social Software für kollaboratives Lernen. In Batinic, B. , Koller, A. & Sikora, H. (eds.)...

• Jennings David (2005), E-learning 2.0, whatever that is, Blot Entry, HTML

• LaMonica, Martin, Futurist: To fix education, think Web 2.0, ZdNet article, HTML. John Seely Brown conference report. (Brown was quite famous in educational technology in the early nineties, a major paradigm shifting period).

• O'Hear, Steve (2006). e-learning 2.0 - how Web technologies areshaping education, Read/Write web, HTML

• O'Hear, Steve (2006). Elgg - social network software for education, Read/Write web, HTML

• MacManus Richard, e-learning 2.0 Infiltrates the Classroom, Read/Write web, HTML.

• Wageneder, Günter and Tanja Jadin (2007). eLearning2.0 - Neue Lehr/Lernkultur mit Social Software?, 13. Treffen des Forum Neue Medien Austria. HTML Reprint.

• Wilson, S. (2005). Future VLE - The Visual Version. HTML