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Web 2.0 Technologies: Social Software Applied to Higher Education and Adult Learning
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Author(s): Teresa Torres-Coronas (Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Spain), Ricard Monclús-Guitart (Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Spain), Araceli Rodríguez-Merayo (Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Spain), M. Arántzazu Vidal-Blasco (Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Spain)and M. José Simón-Olmos (Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Spain)
Copyright: 2010
Pages: 11
Source title:
Adult Learning in the Digital Age: Perspectives on Online Technologies and Outcomes
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Terry T. Kidd (Texas A&M University, USA)and Jared Keengwe (Department of Teaching and Learning, University of North Dakota, Grandforks, ND, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-828-4.ch018
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Abstract
Web 2.0 technologies are playing an important role in building social capital through increasing flows of information, and building on knowledge and human capacity of learning. The purpose of this chapter is to show the role that social software, a component of Web 2.0 technologies, can play in higher education and adult learning. This chapter focuses on the role of Web 2.0 technologies in promoting learning. New learning paradigms and pedagogical applications are also discussed.
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