scholarly journals Web 2.0 Applications in the Teaching Process: A Swot Analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 460-479
Author(s):  
Kevser Arslan ◽  
Fatma Coştu

This study, it is aimed to determine the strengths and weaknesses of the web 2.0 applications used in the teaching process through SWOT analysis and to reveal the opportunities and threats. For this purpose, the study group consists of 20 volunteer teachers working in public and private schools. The teachers benefited from web 2.0 tools in their lessons and could actively use web tools. Online interviews were conducted with the teachers. The data obtained from the interviews were evaluated by using descriptive content analysis. The themes and codes were created by analysing the interview data considering the SWOT analysis and its sub-themes. As a result of the research, it was determined that the strengths of the web 2.0 applications used in the teaching process are making the students active, providing permanence in learning, increasing success and creating a positive effect on the development of many skills. Weaknesses of web 2.0 tools; difficulties in creating the materials, time-consuming use in the course, not allowing everyone’s access, lack of technology and access. Features such as being independent of space and time, creating the desired content, sharing information, using it as a measurement tool, getting quick feedback, and providing a flexible classroom environment are included among the opportunities of web 2.0 tools. It is under the threat of reducing the influence of the teacher, disrupting the dominance of the lesson, removing the subjects from the centre, causing distraction, experiencing internet and access problems, creating technology addiction in students and creating security problems.

Author(s):  
Florencia Claes ◽  
Alejandro Barranquero ◽  
Eduardo Rodríguez-Gómez

Research groups are professional structures that cooperate to produce knowledge and that must communicate their findings to make disciplines progress. This research analyzes how Spanish Communication research groups take advantage of the functionalities of the web 2.0 to transfer knowledge and promote closer collaboration with other academic entities. The starting point is an exhaustive census of research groups, prepared within the research project MapCom 2 and including groups belonging to communication faculties of public and private universities in Spain. Content analysis is then applied to examine how these groups use their respective websites, exploring six variables: navigability, dissemination of information and services, updating, international projection, SEO positioning, and possibilities of interaction with the audience. The analysis of the sites reveals disparate results in terms of the type of update, content, functionalities, and uses. Most of the groups listed have websites to present their lines of research and objectives. However, these spaces vary from one group to another (even within the same university), and many asymmetries can be detected in the information presented and in the fact that certain statements are not always accessible. The study of these variables –composed and designed for the present research– also allows us to analyze the knowledge transfer that the groups carry out, their possible level of interaction with citizens, or to determine whether they are more or less endogamic or have an external projection when promoting links with other members or groups at a local, state, or international level. The results show that Spanish groups have not yet managed to exploit the opportunities of the web 2.0 sufficiently to transfer knowledge as well as export and increase the visibility of their scientific production. Resumen Los grupos de investigación son estructuras académicas que cooperan para producir conocimiento y que necesitan comunicar sus hallazgos para fortalecer los campos y disciplinas científicas. La presente investigación analiza cómo los grupos españoles del campo de la Comunicación aprovechan las funciones de la web 2.0 para transferir el conocimiento y fomentar mecanismos de colaboración con otras entidades científicas. Se parte de la elaboración de un censo exhaustivo de grupos de investigación, elaborado en el marco del proyecto I+D MapCom 2, y que incluye grupos adscritos a las facultades de comunicación de universidades públicas y privadas en España. Se aplica un protocolo de análisis de contenido para estudiar cómo dichos grupos emplean sus webs en relación con seis variables: navegabilidad, exposición de informaciones y servicios, actualización, proyección internacional, trabajo de posicionamiento SEO, y posibilidades de interacción con el público. El análisis de las webs demuestra resultados dispares en cuanto a tipo de actualización, contenidos, funciones y usos. La mayoría de los grupos analizados cuenta con espacios online para exponer sus líneas de investigación y objetivos. Sin embargo, dichos espacios varían de un grupo a otro (e incluso dentro de la misma universidad), y se detectan abundantes asimetrías en la información expuesta y en el propio hecho de que ciertas declaraciones no son siempre accesibles. El estudio de estas variables –compuestas y diseñadas para la presente investigación– también nos permite analizar la transferencia de conocimiento que realizan los grupos, su nivel de interacción con la ciudadanía, y si estos son más o menos endogámicos o tienen una proyección externa al favorecer vínculos con otros miembros o grupos en escalas locales, estatales o internacionales. Los resultados demuestran que los grupos españoles aún no han conseguido explotar suficientemente la web 2.0 de cara a transferir conocimiento y visibilizar e internacionalizar su producción científica.


Author(s):  
Santosh Khadka

Facebook, like any other social networking site, troubles the traditional categories of private and public spheres. As it complicates (and transcends) the distinction, it can be called a different space, or a liminal space, which falls somewhere in-between private and public spheres. The author argues that this recognition of Facebook as a liminal sphere has important implications to the (re) definition of public and private spheres and to the ways rhetoric should work or be used in the Web 2.0 sites like Facebook. The author also proposes that Michael de Certeau's notions of “strategy” and “tactics” can be powerful rhetorical tools to deal with Facebook's liminality and to enhance the rhetorical performance of self in Facebook and other similar new media forums.


Author(s):  
Zahid Ashraf Wani ◽  
Tazeem Zainab ◽  
Shabir Hussain

A key element of the technology is that it allows people to create, share, collaborate, and communicate. The Web 2.0 differs from ordinary websites as it does not require any web design or publishing skills to participate, making it easy for people to create and publish or communicate their work to the world. The nature of this technology makes it an easy and popular way to communicate information to either a select group of people or to a much wider audience. The Web 2.0 paradigm has gained substantial momentum in the last decade. The influence of Web 2.0 principles and technologies has fueled an explosion of information and media content on the web, and individual and corporate adoption of the technologies continues to rise. In this milieu, it is imperative to understand and learn about the present and evolving Web 2.0 tools and their application in different walks of life. The proposed study made an endeavor to dig deep into the genesis, development, and application of various Web 2.0 tools in library and information science.


Author(s):  
Gunilla Widén-Wulff ◽  
Anna-Karin Tötterman

Social interaction technologies can successfully employ the previously untapped power of the web to utilize the collaborative creation of information and user-driven content. In this chapter, the social capital framework is applied to illustrate how Web 2.0 tools and techniques can support effective information and knowledge management in organizations. Interactions within and between organizations generate important practices that underscore the role of social capital. Managing social capital for effective knowledge sharing is a complex process, and Web 2.0 lends some support for organizations by creating a new culture of voluntary, contributive, and collaborative participation. The argument is made that Web 2.0 technologies can be seen as important tools that can bridge the creation and sharing of knowledge in diverse organizational contexts.


Author(s):  
Robin Hastings

This chapter gives an overview of Web 2.0 technologies and how they can support telementoring partnerships. Web 2.0 tools offer opportunities for increased networking and social interactivity. Synchronous (chats) and asynchronous (email) communication are possible with these tools. Some of the Web 2.0 capabilities that are introduced in this chapter include cloud computing, Facebook, Ning, and Twitter. FriendFeed and Groupware are also discussed as methods to organize and track a number of Web 2.0 applications for ease of use. Stability, data portability, privacy, and security are issues that are indicated for future research.


Author(s):  
Santosh Khadka

Facebook, like any other social networking site, troubles the traditional categories of private and public spheres. As it complicates (and transcends) the distinction, it can be called a different space, or a liminal space, which falls somewhere in-between private and public spheres. The author argues that this recognition of Facebook as a liminal sphere has important implications to the (re) definition of public and private spheres and to the ways rhetoric should work or be used in the Web 2.0 sites like Facebook. The author also proposes that Michael de Certeau’s notions of “strategy” and “tactics” can be powerful rhetorical tools to deal with Facebook’s liminality and to enhance the rhetorical performance of self in Facebook and other similar new media forums.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Nicholas Weigeldt

The Web 2.0 represents a new way to communicate, collect data and access all types of data and information online. It places full value in the 'wisdom of the crowd', recognizing the real-time contributions and knowledge individual users of the Web can contribute. To contrast this, formal planning is incremental and methodological. The actualized and potential application of emerging Web 2.0 tools and technologies in the food and agricultural planning context in southern Ontario forms the basis for this major research paper. Through qualitative analysis of several online initiatives, I seek to determine how and where user-generated data and information (collected and distributed by agricultural producers and consumers and not just by planners, other government officials) can fit into the formal planning process through new ways of collaboration and online engagement. Ultimately, much of the leadership around Web 2.0 comes from informal networks or non-governmental organizations organizing around food and agricultural production. Planners working in formal institutional settings must continue to understand the niche that these tools can play in their own engagement efforts and determine how best to use the vast wealth of average citizens' food and agricultural knowledge increasingly available online.


2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Luc Quoniam ◽  
Charles-Victor Boutet

We propose in this study, detailing our observations and research on the impact of the web 2.0, its associated tools, the cycle of the economic intelligence with new paradigms such as the many-to-many, new practices such as active SEO allow any individual, firm, to impact heavily on the aforementioned round, both in terms of information circulation, as data collection.


2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-72
Author(s):  
Sangeeta Namdev Dhamdhere ◽  
Egbert De Smet ◽  
Ramdas Lihitkar

Bibliographical services are services related to the library collection and access to those collections, whether print or online. In modern libraries, these services are provided online through website. Many studies have been carried out to study application of web 2.0 tools and web-based services offered by the libraries. There is need to study the basic fundamental library services offered via the web or websites in modern libraries. In this paper author studied tops world and Indian libraries and prepared inventory of web-based bibliographic services offered by these libraries and analyzed the data in a quantitative way.


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