Usage and Expectations of Web 2.0 Tools in E-Learning Platforms: A Study on Basic Medical Science Students
Year: 2013
Type: book-chapter
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: 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.
Authors: J. K. Vijayakumar, King Abdullah, Saudi Arabia, Hemachandran Nair, Majid Pathan
Institution: King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Language: English
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2346160431