Suitability of Collaborative Learning activities in Web 2.0 environment

The limitation of current Web-based collaborative learning is the restricted ability of the students to create and contribute contents. The first generation of web (Web1.0) has made little improvement in collaborative learning (CL) and knowledge creation. More recently, a major change accrued in the way web technologies are being used in educational settings; there are new waves of applications that are transforming web technologies from Web 1.0(read) environment to Web 2.0(read/write) paradigm. This has great potential to improve CL. The main purpose of this study is to examine the suitability of Collaborative Learning (CL) activities in web 2.0 environment. A survey was conducted in order to investigate CL activities and Web 2.0 tools. Findings of the survey have led to proposing Web 2.0 CL model. The proposed model consists of three important components, namely users, resources and activities. Users can utilize these resources, and generate activities based on the resources.

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