Web 2.0-Based E-Learning: Applying Social Informatics for Tertiary Teaching

This book discusses the latest advances in the area of educational technology and e-learning and would be of interest to those involved in the use of the Web for providing meaningful learning experiences.


Click here to read the full text of the Preface of the book, which provides an introduction and thematic overview of the various chapters, and for ordering details. You can also download the first chapter of the publication for free from the site.

Topics covered

- Web 2.0, social software & implications for e-learning
- Learner-generated contexts
- Students’ perspectives on personal and distributed learning environments
- Personal knowledge management
- University students’ self-motivated blogging
- Wikis in teacher training and foreign language learning
- Mobile 2.0
- Podcasting in distance learning
- Social networking in tertiary education
- Digital natives and the Net Generation
- Web 2.0 and assessment
- Web 2.0 and professional development of academic staff
- Beyond Web 2.0: Web 3.0


Edited by Mark J. W. Lee, Charles Sturt University, Australia and Catherine McLoughlin, Australian Catholic University, Australia

Published 2010

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