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Web 2.0 And Social Constructivism, Melanie L. Buffington, Kathryn R. Helms, Jan A. Johnston, Sohhyoun Yoon
Web 2.0 And Social Constructivism, Melanie L. Buffington, Kathryn R. Helms, Jan A. Johnston, Sohhyoun Yoon
The Melanie Buffington Papers
The emergence of Web 2.0 and its related technologies has the potential to dramatically alter current educational practices. Because users now have the ability to rapidly create content and to engage in social interactions through the World Wide Web, we argue that Web 2.0 supports socially mediated, constructivist learning environments in ways that are becoming seamless. In this chapter, we describe the tenets of social constructivism and then discuss three technologies associated with Web 2.0 and explore how teachers and students could utilize them to promote constructivist learning.