...Abdurrahman G. Almekhlafi; Enas Said Ali Abulibdeh Purpose This paper aims to investigate 152 pre-service and in-service school teachers’ perceptions toward Web 2.0 applications and their usage in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). A five-point Likert scale questionnaire was used. The data were...

...George Palaigeorgiou; Athina Grammatikopoulou Purpose This paper aims to identify the learning benefits and the challenges of Web 2.0 educational activities when applied in typical learning settings and as perceived by pioneer educators with extensive Web 2.0 experience. Design/methodology...

...Bruno Poellhuber; Terry Anderson; Nicole Racette; Lorne Upton Purpose The purpose of this paper is to describe how researchers from four large Canadian distance education or dual mode institutions conducted a survey aiming to describe the use of and interest in social software and Web 2.0...

...Mingmei Yu; Allan H.K. Yuen; Jae Park Purpose The purpose of the study is to explore the perspectives of students, teachers, and parents in using Web 2.0 technologies. Design/methodology/approach This study is based on the focus group interview data collected from two groups of students, two...

...David Mathew Purpose The purpose of the paper is to recognise that as educators moving into, or already in, a Web 2.0 world, we are likely to experience anxiety, and to explore the implications for educational design in a Web 2.0 world. Design/methodology/approach The objectives are achieved...

... the knowledge of other users who are working with the same video based content. Originality/value User awareness has become an important feature in today's Web 2.0 experience. The paper discusses different user awareness models and explains how they can be adapted to time‐based video content. The presented...

...Nandy Millan; Adrian Bromage Purpose The paper comprises an extended discussion of the possibilities that Web 2.0 applications offer to doctoral researchers, and where such applications fit in the early twenty‐first century in the research environment. It explores the main issues associated...

... Teaching methods Online teaching Online learning Digital pedagogy Self‐study Web 2.0 Education The article advocates for scholarship focused on how Web 2.0 technologies enables new modes of co‐operation and collaboration, as well as the need to understand how Web 2.0 technologies encourage...