THE DEVELOPMENT OF INTERNET WEB 1.0 TO WEB 3.0 AND ITS EFFECTS ON ARCHITECTURAL EDUCATION

Abstract

The World Wide Web has quickly become one of the primary resource of information that comes to mind for many people in many fields. The development of the internet, which has more and more application, is grouped as Web1.0, Web2.0 and Web 3.0. Today, the web, which started with Web 1.0, has become a virtual world where people can actively participate. With this development of technology and its effect on every aspect of our lives, educational practices have also begun to change. Especially with the pandemic, the tools of Web 2.0, online learning opportunities, internet resources and communication platforms have been better understood and started to be used more actively in education. Architectural education, like many other fields, has been affected by the spread of the internet and its being a source of information. In the light of these data, the study focuses on the reflections of the learning opportunities and resources that have developed with the internet on today's university students. For this purpose, formal and informal online internet-based learning environments examined in this study. In order to collect data in the research, an online internet survey prepared and applied to a group of architecture and interior design students within the limitation of Eskişehir Technical University. Questions were asked about expanding resources, tools, deficiencies in education and what their dream education is like. In the study, the evolution of the internet, the changing needs of architectural education, the offers and demands of teachers and students in different generations, students and the evolution of the internet were investigated by considering generational differences. As a result of the study in which 47 students participated, the current state of architectural education was determined from the eyes of the students in the light of the answers given.