quinta-feira, 9 de setembro de 2010

Education 2.0 - new roles for a new era -> Part 1: What is Web 2.0?

At the 2010 10th edition of the ABCI Conference I presented my view on the implications of the new interactive way of using the Internet. Here is a brief summary of what was discussed at the workshop.

Part 1: What is Web 2.0?

Not a long time ago the maximum range a regular person could give to his or her opinion on a topic was determined by their geographical conditions: if one could reach an abundant number of people in a few miles, that would be one's audience.

When radio set in there was a significant change in terms of reaching a wider number of listeners. TV gradually made its way into an even greater number of devotees and then the Internet, now present not only on bulky desktop computers but also at every handheld device one could possibly imagine stretched the boundaries of communication to practically every human being on Earth.