E-learning 2.0: E-learning Base on Web 2.0

The web was shifting from being a medium, in which information was transmitted and consumed, into being a platform, in which contents are being created, remixed and shared. E-learning 2.0 is the next generation of e-learning 1.X based on Web 2.0 that likes contents to be produced by students rather than courseware authors. The term first appeared in 2005 by Stephen Downes. Structure in e-Learning 2.0, is more likely to resemble a blogging tool rather than a book or a manual whose content is produced by students. In This article likes to point out the benefits of e-learning 2.0 and compare it with e-learning 1.X and also we will take into account the impacts of Web 2.0 in our Future education. We consider the web 2.0 tools and then compare them with e-learning 1.X. The summary of this article pointes out the importance of e-Learning 2.0 and a lot more research should be done in future in this field.

Keywords:

Web 2.0 , rss , blog , wiki , bookmark , mashup