Grainne Conole
There are positive and negative stances regarding Technologies. It helps to get some perspective.
Web 2.0 requires new strategies and policies With Web 2 .0 dialogue and sharing flourishes Greater use should be made of metaphor for meaning making
Look to 'participatory cultures' for clues
Benefits including peer to peer learning (comms)
A changed attitude to IP
Diversification of cultural expression
Development of skills valued in the modern workplace
A more empowered sense of citizenship
See Table 1 Changing toolsets against functionality
Web 2.0 =
User Generated Content
Collective Knowledge Building
Wisdom of Crowds
Fragmentation of Voice
There are benefits:
Collaboration
Co-construction
Sharing
There are issues regarding:
Quality
Privacy
Copyright
Learn through experiential interaction rather than guided step by step instruction.
The information flow through the system is radically different in a digital world, and hence there is a need for reconceptualisation of the best processes to support this. Conole. 2011:404
The fallacy is to think that social networks are just made up of people.They're not:
Social networks consist of people who are connected by a shared object. Engestrom (2005)