Higher Education in a Web 2.0 World
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An independent UK inquiry into the strategic and policy implications for higher education of the experience and expectations of learners in the light of their increasing use of the Web 2.0 or Social Web technologies that enable communication, collaboration, participation and sharing.
The report's key findings are around:
- Prior experience of higher education learners
- Learner expectation
- Web 2.0 use in higher education now
Critical issues identified are:
- The digital divide
- Information literacies
- Ongoing drivers to change
- Tradition
- Environmental factors
- Diversity in the learner population
- A richer educational experience
- Practice in schools
- Open source materials and online universities
- Skills development
Recommendations are around:
- learner skills
- staff skills
- infrastructure
- inter-sectoral relationships