Contents |
There has been a dramatic shift from a World Wide Web that is “read only” to a Web that is being described as the “Read Write Web.” Instead of content that was for the most part static, we are starting to see the ability to remix content in different ways, in order to suit our needs. The Web is evolving to become more like an area for social and idea networking. It is more of an interactive medium. The web surfer negotiates the connections within a social or idea network, exchanges bits of content, creates something new, and then the cycle begins again. XML content, but RSS and Atom feeds in particular, is increasingly becoming a standard for sharing data between these web applications.
If you look at the idea of publishing web pages, we would consider the read web as something that was more inclined for the geeks. Where there was some need to understand a server-side language, use FTP, maybe html, or a number of tools to create and publish web content. Now, in less than ten minutes you could set-up a weblog on Blogger.com and have your first idea posted. It would probably take you longer to come up with the ideas for the first post than to setup the weblog. I would call this a transformation from geek to sleek.
A good book to better understand web 2.0 is called Wikinomics.
| Web 1.0 | Web 2.0 |
|---|---|
| DoubleClick | Google AdSense |
| Ofoto | Flickr |
| Akamai | BitTorrent |
| mp3.com | Napster |
| Britannica Online | Wikipedia |
| personal websites | blogging |
| evite | upcoming.org and EVDB |
| domain name speculation | search engine optimization |
| page views | cost per click |
| screen scraping | web services |
| publishing | participation |
| content management systems | wikis |
| directories (taxonomy) | tagging ("folksonomy") |
| stickiness | syndication |
It's interdisciplinary combinations--design and technology, mathematics and art--"that produce YouTube and Google,"
- Thomas Friedman, the best-selling author of The World Is Flat.
"It's important that students know how to manage it, interpret it, validate it, and how to act on it,"
- Dell executive Karen Bruett
Web 2.0: A New Wave of Innovation for Teaching and Learning? from Educause Review
Coming of Age: An introduction to the NEW worldwide web A 93 page collaborative venture between 14 people from the USA, Canada, Thailand and the UK. editor Terry Freedman