Off late (well, not quite perhaps) there has been a lot of hype over e-learning 2.0. The learning/training industry is filled with the buzz about this new paradigm in learning. In a slightly quieter mode, there has been a lot of perceivable changes experienced by the average Internet user in the way they interact and engage with the Internet. Even without a lot of hue and cry, we all know how we 'connect' with our peers/friends over the internet on social networking sites, share music, videos, opinions, survival tips and recipes, and don't think twice before posting our opinions on our blogs. Well, we also don't mind unobtrusively reading what our co-workers/friends/or some co-habitant on this planet feels about issues that perturb, interest, or surround us. Sometimes, we post a comment and that triggers off a discussion. This! is web 2.0!
As we all know, this isn't a 'new world' that emerged out of magic lamp. It has been made possible partly by the advancements in technology and mostly by you, me, and every other netizen. What we do need to introspect on, however, are the implications these gradual changes have wrought on the way we all 'learn' from and over the Internet.
The practical manifestations of this implication is what pundits have termed e-learning 2.0. While you ponder on this, get your arguments in place (for and against), I will come up with another post on this shortly. For now, watch this short video on e-learning 2.0 by 'ready-to-go' a company offering (e)learning solutions. And oh! do let me know your thoughts on this post!
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