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Web 2.0: A New Wave of Innovation for Teaching and Learning?

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 applied to a heterogeneous mix of relatively familiar and also very emergent technologies. The former may appear as very much Web 1.0, and the latter may be seen as too evanescent to be relied on for serious informatics work. Indeed, one leading exponent of this movement deems continuous improvement to be a hallmark of such projects, which makes pinning down their identities even more difficult. Yet we can survey the ground traversed by Web 2.0 projects and discussions in order to reveal a diverse set of digital strategies with powerful implications for higher education. Ultimately, the label Web 2.0 is far less important than the concepts, projects, and practices included in its scope.”

A VC’s View of Web 2.0

An interesting interview with Ray Lane of Kleiner Perkins about Web 2.0 in BusinessWeekonline:

“Does that mean that ultimately big companies, such as existing software companies, will get most of this business?

Not necessarily. I see a lot of software companies today saying, “We’re going to change our business from a product company to a service company and put our software online.” But there are problems with that.

No. 1, the software company typically does not have the DNA to be a service company. It is a software company because the smartest guys in the company are developing new code, and that’s what they want to do, as opposed to what is the boring task of serving a customer. Salesforce.com does that. They’re not a perfect company, but they were developed with an intent from the start to be a service company.

Also, product management is different. The sales force is different. Every function of the company needs to be changed if you’re serious about being a service company. It’s a two- or three-year transition at minimum. It’s not a flip of the switch.”

Web 3.0: The Psychological Experience of Using the Internet is Undergoing Slow but Constant Change

Yehuda Berlinger in Web2.0Journal:

“The psychological experience of using the Internet is undergoing slow but constant change. Up until now, using the Web has involved going out to Web sites. However, this is changing. Understanding this transformation, and plotting its direction, can provide us with a new understanding of where our Web technology is going. This destination can be called “Web 3.0.” “

Knowledge Management 2.0 – A Structured (Blogging) Approach to Knowledge Management

Manish Dhingra focused on “how to build a quick solution to inculcate Knowledge Sharing in an organization, using the raw power and versatility, structured blogging (SB) gives you.” Here is his PPT presentation.

Luis Suarez, KM Specialist from IBM comments about Knowledge Management 2.0 – A Structured (Blogging) Approach to Knowledge Management:

“… you would be able to go through an interesting read of how weblogging could become a quite interesting option to look at while building a robust, and very powerful, Knowledge Management System and almost at no costs, as opposed to what has happened so far where lots of different companies have spent millions of $$$ in order to build systems that hardly anybody uses for whatever the reason (Too complex, too cumbersome, too restricting, too limited, you name it).”

Enterprise 2.0: The State of the Meme

Andrew McAfee in the HBS Faculty Blog on Enterprise 2.0:

“Debate continues about whether Enterprise 2.0 is about new infrastructure or about new modes of collaboration. I’ve tried to be very clear that to me it’s the latter, and not the former. Enterprise 2.0, in other words, is about new communities, not communities’ new plumbing. If we keep talking about the plumbing we’re going to lose the attention of business leaders.”