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Communication is no longer inhibited by boundaries. Communities of like minded people can form over countries and continents. Social media and collaborative technologies [Web2.0] have altered the social landscape, allowing students to collaborate, to be reflective and to participate in peer-to-peer learning. This paper presents the first empirical data gathered as part of a research study into the use of Web2.0 technologies in education. The results demonstrate that there are a number of barriers to the implementation of Web2.0 technologies, primarily lack of knowledge, lack of time and lack of institutional support. In addition, the results also demonstrate that many educators are still unsure ‘what’ Web2.0 really is and how it can be used effectively to support teaching. This correlates with the literature review carried out as part of this research.
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Hainey, T., Connolly, T.M., Baxter, G.J., Gould, C. (2014). A Survey of Academics’ Views of the Use of Web2.0 Technologies in Higher Education. In: Herrero, Á., et al. International Joint Conference SOCO’13-CISIS’13-ICEUTE’13. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 239. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-01854-6_70
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