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To use or not to use web 2.0 in higher education

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The purpose of this paper is both to promote scholarly inquiry about the need of a new type a pedagogy (Web 2.0 based) and the development / adoption of best practice in teaching and learning with web 2.
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This article is published in Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences.The article was published on 2009-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 365 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Web standards & Web 2.0.

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The exploration on network behaviors by using the models of Theory of planned behaviors (TPB), Technology acceptance model (TAM) and C-TAM-TPB

TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore the network behaviors of Web 2.0 users and compare the explanatory power of planned behaviors with the technology acceptance model and C-TAM-TPB.
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Preservice Teachers' Critical Thinking Dispositions and Web 2.0 Competencies.

TL;DR: The results highlighted that the use of different Web 2.0 tools can be complementary to each other during certain instructional activities to improve different dimensions of critical thinking disposition.
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Web 2.0 Use by Librarians in a State in Nigeria

TL;DR: In this paper, a survey was conducted with the focus to determine the awareness and use of Web 2.0 tools by librarians in Anambra state in Nigeria, and the results showed that low awareness and usage of Web2.0 tool by the Librarians was found to be one of the impediments to their use.
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Developing eLearning Technologies to Implement Competency Based Medical Education: Experiences from Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences.

TL;DR: In this paper, the practical experience of developing an eLearning technology as a tool to implement Competency-based Medical Education (CBME) in Tanzania medical universities, with a specific focus on Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, is described.
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Introducing Web 2.0 in education: A structured approach adopting a Web 2.0 implementation framework

TL;DR: An implementation framework is presented which provides educators with a set of practical steps to follow when adopting the use of Web 2.0 for the first time.
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E-learning 2.0

TL;DR: Learning objects were depicted as being like lego blocks or atoms as discussed by the authors, little bits of content that could be put together or organized, and standards bodies have refined the concept of learning objects into a rigorous form [http://ltsc.ieee.org/wg12] and have provided specifications on how to sequence and organize these pieces of content into courses and package them for delivery.
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Web 2.0: A New Wave of Innovation for Teaching and Learning?

Bryan Alexander
- 01 Jan 2006 - 
TL;DR: These sections of the Web break away from the page metaphor and are predicated on microcontent, which means that reading and searching this world is significantly different from searching the entire Web world.

Social software and participatory learning: Pedagogical choices with technology affordances in the Web 2.0 era

TL;DR: The two-way Web has arrived, accompanied by a raft of affordances that expand how the authors communicate, communicate, learn and create knowledge.

Can we use twitter for educational activities

TL;DR: The authors are trying to provide arguments for using Twitter as microblogging platform / social network in education, underlining its advantages, but also possible bad points.
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Web 2.0 Storytelling: Emergence of a New Genre

Bryan Alexander, +1 more
- 01 Jan 2008 - 
TL;DR: A story has a beginning, a middle, and a cleanly wrapped-up ending as discussed by the authors, and it follows a trajectory, a Freytag Pyramid, perhaps the line of a human life or the stages of the hero's journey.