Web 2.0 Learning Environment: Concept, Implementation, Evaluation
eLearning papers, (2009)Abstract
This contribution presents and evaluates a new learning environment model based on Web 2.0 applications. In a theoretical overview the concepts of eLearning 2.0 and Personal Learning Environments are introduced, along with their main aspects of autonomy, creativity and networking, and relate them to the didactics of constructivism and connectivism. The requirements and basic functional components for the development of our particular Web 2.0 learning environment are derived from these. The learning environment consists of several components (modules) that are well-known Web 2.0 applications such as wikis, weblogs, social bookmarking services and RSS feeds. The section describing the implementation of the environment in a use case at the Darmstadt University of Applied Science focuses on the specific didactic contribution the particular learning modules render towards the entire learning arrangement. The article explains the didactic potential of the wiki platform in more detail, since
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