EDUCAUSE Review Articles, Web 2.0, and Teaching and Learning

Web 2.0 is redefining what and how and with whom we learn. For example, in Wikipedia, “knowledge” is constructed by negotiating compromises among various points of view. This raises numerous questions: How do we in higher education help students understand the differences between facts, opinions, and values—and how do we help them appreciate the interrelationships that create “meaning”?

The building blocks provided by the Open Educational Resources movement, along with e-Science and e-Humanities and the resources of the Web 2.0, are creating the conditions for the emergence of new kinds of open participatory learning ecosystems that will support active, passion-based learning: Learning 2.0.

This is the entire issue of EDUCAUSE Review Magazine, Volume 42, Number 5, September/October, 2007.

What are mashups? How can they be used effectively in higher education teaching and learning? And what are the implications of this content/data reuse for IT and other campus administrators and policy-makers?

Web 1.0 has demonstrated immense powers for connecting learners, teachers, and materials. How much more broadly will this connective matrix grow under the impact of the openness, ease of entry, and social nature of Web 2.0?