Title: The design of online learning community using web 2.0
Abstract: Information and communication technology has been increasingly applied in education and driven educational institutes to improve their teaching and learning strategies in order to fit the new learning style of students. Constructivist learning theory, as one of the attempts to improve student learning outcomes, focuses on learning environment and learning activity. Constructivist learning theory emphasizes that students need to be active and gain experiences from meaningful learning environment. Recently, the emerging of Web 2.0 eras has shown that the online user behavior has changed. Now, the online users are likely to share their knowledge and gain acknowledgement. This paper, therefore, studied the key characteristics of Web 2.0 and constructivist learning theory. The number of 329 websites was examined. The results showed that Web 2.0 learning community consists of three main components which are Content Sharing, Communication, and Socialization.
Publication Year: 2009
Publication Date: 2009-02-16
Language: en
Type: article
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