Usage and Expectations of Web 2.0 Tools in E-Learning Platforms: A Study on Basic Medical Science Students
Main Authors: | Vijayakumar, J. K., Nair, Hemachandran, Pathan, Majid |
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Other Authors: | Pichappan, P. |
Format: | BookSection PeerReviewed Book |
Bahasa: | eng |
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Digital Information Research Ltd, London
, 2013
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Online Access: |
http://eprints.rclis.org/28931/1/8.pdf http://eprints.rclis.org/28931/ |
Daftar Isi:
- his paper is based on a survey for analyzing the awareness of the students about Web 2.0 applications and their expectations during the integration of e-learning technologies. Major finding are wikis, instant messaging, media sharing, social networking and VoIP show high usage by major group of students, where very less usage of podcasts, social bookmarking, blogs, feeds is found. More students mainly want wikis, forums to be integrated to in e-learning system along with media/file sharing, streaming, chat rooms, and blogs and bookmarking.