I would like to share ideas and information about designing learning environments in Web 2.0.
Monday, November 16, 2009
Study of Web 2.0
I do not know much about Web 2.0, but I know it has a lot of potential. So, I would like to share some ideas and information about educational use of Web 2.0 with my colleagues in the MU and in the world.
Web 2.0 is a phrase that represents the combination and leveraging of dynamic Web technologies (e.g. "Javascript/HTML Document Object Model (DOM)" - i.e. "DHTML" ) with other client and server side technologies (e.g. Flash/Flex; AJAX; PHP/PERL/PYTHON/RUBY/.NET; and MYSQL or other databases) to produce an integrated and highly interactive user experience.
Whether or not we completely buy into Cognitive Load Theory, Web 2.0 does bear on the Split-attention effect: by creating an integrated and interactive learning experience, we can ensure learning content is delivered in contexts that minimize the issue.
E.g., instead of the request-wait-load sequence of events for chunks of content to appear, necessitated by "old" Web technologies, Web 2.0 includes technologies that appear to short cut the sequence. While underneath the sequence is the same, it is transparently delivered to the user in a way that appears to be much more reactive.
Web 2.0 is a phrase that represents the combination and leveraging of dynamic Web technologies (e.g. "Javascript/HTML Document Object Model (DOM)" - i.e. "DHTML" ) with other client and server side technologies (e.g. Flash/Flex; AJAX; PHP/PERL/PYTHON/RUBY/.NET; and MYSQL or other databases) to produce an integrated and highly interactive user experience.
ReplyDeleteHere are some Web 2.0 links:
http://www.shambles.net/pages/learning/ict/web2edu/
http://web20ineducation.wikispaces.com/Intro
http://www.solutionwatch.com/512/back-to-school-with-the-class-of-web-20-part-1/
Whether or not we completely buy into Cognitive Load Theory, Web 2.0 does bear on the Split-attention effect: by creating an integrated and interactive learning experience, we can ensure learning content is delivered in contexts that minimize the issue.
ReplyDeleteE.g., instead of the request-wait-load sequence of events for chunks of content to appear, necessitated by "old" Web technologies, Web 2.0 includes technologies that appear to short cut the sequence. While underneath the sequence is the same, it is transparently delivered to the user in a way that appears to be much more reactive.