Wired for Learning - An Educators Guide to Web 2.0 (Paperback, New)

Web 2.0 is a term used to describe an apparent second generation of the World Wide Web that emphasizes collaboration and sharing of knowledge and content among users. With the growing popularity of Web 2.0, there has been a burgeoning interest in education. Tools such as blogs, wikis, RSS, social networking sites, tag-based folksonomies, and peer-to-peer (P2P) media sharing applications have gained a prominence in teaching and learning. With ""Wired for Learning: An Educators Guide to Web 2.0"" there is tremendous potential for addressing the needs student, teachers, researchers, and practitioners to enhance the teaching and learning experiences through customization, personalization, and rich opportunities for networking and collaboration. The purpose of this text is to clarify and present applications and practices of Web 2.0 for teaching and learning to meet the educational challenges of students in diverse learning setting. This text will bring teachers and university education into a bold new reality and cause them to move to think differently about technology's potential for strengthening students' critical thinking, writing, reflection, and interactive learning.

General

Imprint:	Information Age Publishing
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	May 2009
First published:	April 2009
Editors:	Terry T Kidd • Irene Chen
Dimensions:	234 x 159 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	392
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-1-60752-096-2
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Education > Educational resources & technology > General
LSN:	1-60752-096-6
Barcode:	9781607520962

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