SOCIAL NETWORKING AS AN EDUCATIONAL TOOL

 

Blogs, podcasts, and video games are some of the most common user-generated content sources today. To look at user-generated content we should see it as a network, in the sense that it is used today, where life is lived in and through networks. The proper use of Web 2.0 technologies can be beneficial for students to gain the skills which are necessary to navigate today as opposed to current system where the focus is on individualised acquisition of content and skills. Social networks such as blogs, wikis, etc. provide learners training spaces for thinking about concepts, testing their knowledge, and seeing how their mental images measure against diverse input. One another important benefit of the web is that it is a public environment where teachers and learners can observe the learning/teaching processes.

Apart from its benefits, there are some limitations also. The trend to Web 2.0 learning, according to critics of user-generated online content, does not match the quality requirements in higher education. They refer to the fact that most content on the internet is unfiltered and unauthenticated. Students cannot navigate through the generally unreliable mass of information without the help of an authority figure and appropriate skills.

In a networked world where the kind of knowledge we acquire is worth exploring, the need to evaluate the value of learning something is a meta skill that is practiced before learning. When information is insufficient, the valuation process is assumed to be specific to learning, whereas when information is abundant, rapid assessment of information is important, and we need to act by extracting information outside of our primary knowledge.

As emphasized by the issues affecting Web 2.0 course design, the better the design of the teaching strategy used by educators, the better the tool used. In Web 2.0 applications, the main focus is on collaboration and active participation, not control and coercion. The important thing is to create, share and interact together. This gives us an important insight into how to design educational uses for these apps and services. Reflecting the powerful ideas behind tools and services that have a lot of potential for education, Web 2.0 is actually more than a set of tools and services.

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