Collaboration vs. Participation: The Role of Virtual Communities in a Web 2.0 World

The paper presents a discussion on different ways of interaction and collaboration among users of Web applications oriented to learning. We discuss whether the "social" applications, such as Facebook or MySpace, follow a truly "collaborative" approach, very common after of the ad...

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Published in2009 International Conference on Education Technology and Computer pp. 321 - 325
Main Authors Colazzo, L., Molinari, A., Villa, N.
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.04.2009
Subjects
Application software
Blogs
Computer science education
Educational technology
Electronic learning
Electronic mail
International collaboration
Laboratories
Project management
Social network services
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ISBN0769536093
9780769536095
ISSN2155-1812
DOI10.1109/ICETC.2009.26

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Summary:The paper presents a discussion on different ways of interaction and collaboration among users of Web applications oriented to learning. We discuss whether the "social" applications, such as Facebook or MySpace, follow a truly "collaborative" approach, very common after of the advent of Web 2.0, or a more simply "participatory" one. We argue that virtual communities, if specifically adapted to life-long learning settings and not generalized to social networks, are more suitable for educational purposes, thus allowing a better use of social network tools like blogs, wikis etc.
ISBN:0769536093
9780769536095
ISSN:2155-1812
DOI:10.1109/ICETC.2009.26