Harnessing Web 2.0 for Collaborative Learning

Abstract

The web has shifted from viewing pages of information to on-the-fly user-generated content. As promising as it might be in collaborative learning, Web 2.0 has yet to deliver expected results. This "read-write" capability of Web 2.0 should in theory enhances interactions between users on the web. This article attempts to decrypt the problem and propose that the limited usage of the web in collaborative learning is due to the lack of efficient information management in particular an easy-to-use sharing scheme. © 2009 International Federation of Medical and Biological Engineering.