What is

Web 2.0 ?

Rafael Scapin

Coordinator of Educational Technology

Office of Instructional Development

Dawson College

Contents

• Web 1.0: the Beginning!

• Web 2.0: Definition

• How can use Web 2.0 in Education ?

Web 1.0

Some typical features of Web 1.0

• Read-only Web

• Search for information and read it

• Static pages instead of dynamic user-generated content

• User is passive (one-way flow of information)

Web 1.0

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Web 2.0

• The concept of "Web 2.0" was created by

Tim O'Reilly in 2004.

• Web 2.0: emphasis on online collaboration

and sharing among users

Web 1.0 -> Web 2.0 changes

Web 1.0 (1993 – 2003) Web 2.0 (2003 - ?)

DoubleClick Google AdSense

Ofoto Flickr

Britannica Online Wikipedia

Personal Websites Blogging

Directories (taxonomy) Tagging ("folksonomy")

Stickiness Syndication

Web 2.0 Characteristics

• Users are encouraged to create and manage

information

• Applications used entirely through a Web

browser

• Social-networking aspects

• A rich, interactive, user-friendly interface

Web 2.0 Characteristics

• Access to info (generated by institutions or by other

users)

• Add new content (knowledge, opinions, experiences)

• Share your things (photos, videos, writings, musics, etc)

• Control the info (delete, promote, correct or complete)

• Summing up (vote the best places to travel, the more

interesting news, etc)

• Put your things online (tasks, meetings, list of books,

gift lists, etc)

User is the Protagonist

Web as an Information Source (v. 1.0)

Web as a Participation Platform (v. 2.0)

Web 2.0 Characteristics

Web 2.0 in Education

Questions ?