The Guardian has published an article from Steve O’Hear on how new web services are being used in education: The new web is already having an impact in class, as teachers start exploring the potential of blogs, media-sharing services, and other social software, which, although not designed specifically for e-learning, can be used to empower [...]

Scott Wilson on the appeal of a Web 2.0 approach to e-learning. Topics of his presentation are: Discovering opportunities to learn ad forming networks and communities Creating and sharing work Collect and remixing Collaborating Innovating and developing technique

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Bryan Alexander in EDUCAUSEreview with a discussion of Web 2.0 in the context of teaching and learning: “Many people ”including, or perhaps especially, supporters” critique the Web 2.0 moniker for definitional reasons. Few can agree on even the general outlines of Web 2.0. It is about no single new development. Moreover, the term is often [...]

Stephen Downes in eLearn Magazin on e-learning 2.0: “What happens when online learning ceases to be like a medium, and becomes more like a platform? What happens when online learning software ceases to be a type of content-consumption tool, where learning is “delivered,” and becomes more like a content-authoring tool, where learning is created? The [...]

Research & Program Director Eilif Trondsen of SRI’s Learning on Demand Program gave a presentation on eLearning 2.0 characteristics and proposes action steps to prepare for eLearning 2.0: Monitor Web 2.0 and eLearning 2.0 tools and technologies Experiment with and test how these tools and technologies can best be used Engage early adopting organizations in [...]

Ulises Mejias in innovate explores how the current wave of information and communication technologies (ICTs) known as social software can enable new forms of study and research, preparing students to participate in networks where knowledge is collectively constructed and shared.

David Porter about lessons from the web 2.0 and the implications for building contemporary learning communities.

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Line56 on Learning and Social Software by Ulises Mejias: “Innovations in educational technology are often seen as opportunities to transform learning, and social software (blogs, wikis, social bookmarking, etc.) is no exception. But are the tensions between pedagogies and social software the result of attempts to make the latter conform to traditional teaching practices, or [...]

innovate on MMOGs as Learning Environments: An Ecological Journey into Quest Atlantis and The Sims Online by Michael Young, P. G. Schrader, and Dongping Zheng “Yes, video games are mainly for play and fun. But video games are educative as well as interesting and engaging something that we all hope that more classrooms could be. [...]