Apologies for cross-posting. The report deals with archiving and
preservation issues.
Helen Hockx-Yu
JISC
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Subject: JISC TechWatch: Web 2.0 report published
What is Web 2.0? Ideas, technologies and implications for education.
Within 15 years the Web has grown from a group work tool for scientists at
CERN into a global information space with more than a billion users.
Currently, it is both returning to its roots as a read/write tool and also
entering a new, more social and participatory phase. These trends have led
to a feeling that the Web is entering a 'second phase'-a new, 'improved' Web
version 2.0. But how justified is this perception?
This TechWatch report, What is Web 2.0? Ideas, technologies and implications
for education, was commissioned to investigate the substance behind the
hyperbole surrounding 'Web 2.0'. It reports on the implications this may
have for the UK Higher and Further Education sector, with a special focus on
collection and preservation activities within libraries. The report
establishes that Web 2.0 is more than a set of 'cool' and new technologies
and services, important though some of these are. It has, at its heart, a
set of at least six powerful ideas that are changing the way some people
interact. Secondly, it is also important to acknowledge that these ideas are
not necessarily the preserve of 'Web 2.0', but are, in fact, direct or
indirect reflections of the power of the
network: the strange effects and topologies at the micro and macro level
that a billion Internet users produce.
The report argues that by separating out the discussion of Web technologies
(ongoing Web development overseen by the W3C), from the more recent
applications and services (social software), and attempts to understand the
manifestations and adoption of these services (the 'big ideas'), decision
makers will find it easier to understand and act on the strategic
implications of 'Web 2.0'.
Indeed, analysing the composition and interplay of these strands provides a
useful framework for understanding its significance.
The full report can be downloaded from the 'published reports' section of
the TechWatch website:
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/techwatch
JISC Technology & Standards Watch
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/techwatch
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