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Web 2.0 Technological Tools in Teaching and Learning

Ishfaq Majid1 and Sarita Verma2

1
Research Scholar,, School of Education, Central University of Gujarat, India
2
M.Ed. 2nd Year, Department of Education, Central University of Punjab, India

Abstract: Fast emerging new technologies is taking everyone in its stride and no one is
untouched with its influence. Access to technology and ability to use technology easily has
become one of the important factors to outperform competitors. The biggest advantage that
has been appreciated by each and every one is digitization. Digitization has made one’s life
easy by providing services at one click of mouse. A digital wave is sweeping across India
In as
well.. Digitization has brought tremendous opportunities for education sector. It has increase
connectivity of tutor and learner as they are connected virtually anytime and everywhere
through technologies. Internet today has become the backbone of technology
technology as various
applications and technological benefits have been possible only with the help of internet and
World Wide Web. Web 2.0 is a technology which has revolutionized and changed the whole
education system. The paper gives an overview of Web 1.0 and Web 2.0 as well as the
technological tools of Web 2.0 which can be helpful in the process of teaching and learning.

Keywords: World Wide Web, Web 1.0, Web 2.0

Introduction

Ever since the invention of Web by Tim-Berners

Tim Lee in the year 1989, it has rapidly
expanded and evolved indifferent phases, namely, Web 1.0, Web 2.0 and Web 3.0. The
transition from Web 1.0 to Web 2.0 was a significant phase in terms of information because
Web 1.0 is all about one--way information, while
ile Web 2.0 is a two-way
two model of
communication (Badiger,
Badiger, 2018).
2018) The arrival of various social media sites during the phase of
Web 2.0 like Blogger, Twitter and Facebook
Faceboo has revolutionized the ways
way in which the
information can be shared and collaborated among multiple users. The next generation Web,
known as Web 3.0, is the combination of the features of both the phases and
an contains a few
more features.

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World Wide Web

WWW or World Wide Web was invented by Tim Berners-Lee

Lee in the year 1989. It was
created as an interface for the Internet. The main idea behind its creation was to allow users
to share the information
nformation among themselves. Lee named it as Semantic as it was a phase in
which the Internet could
ld be used only as a source of information, with no place for
contribution or modification of the available information. In other words, Web 1.0 was like a
traditional library. It has been metaphorically described as “Read Only Internet”. Its main
focus wass on building the Web for making it easily accessible to users.

The World Wide Web is an online system where the documents or pages are interlinked with
each other and that can be retrieved via internet. With the help of a web browser like Internet
Explorer, Google Chrome, one can surf as many as web pages that may contain text, images,
image
and videos. The user can navigate between them via hyperlinks. On March 12, 1989, Tim
Berners Lee, a British computer scientist
sci finalized a plan for what would ultimately become
the World Wide Web (Choudhury, 2018).
2018) The proposal was meant for a more effective
communication between the CERN employees but Lee finally realized that the concept has
the potential to be implemented
mplemented throughout the world (Khanzode and Sarode, 2016). Berners-
Lee and Robert Cailliau
iau decided to use hypertext in which the users can access information
from web and can browse at their will. In this way, thee first web service was finalized and
tested to be named as Word Wide Web.

Evolution of Web 1.0 and 2.0

Web 1.0

Web 1.0 was first initiative which was started in 1989 and this generation of web came to an
end in 2005. It was defined as web of information where the user can access the information.
information
It was having a very little scope of interaction where user was capable of exchanging the
information but it was not possible to interact with the website. The role of the web in this era
was very passive in nature as it was read only web.. First generation web was an era of static

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pages
ges and it was used only for the purpose of content delivery. In other world, the early web
allowed us to search
ch for information and read it.

Where Web1.0 Went Wrong

There was various problems

roblems related to web 1.0. Web 1.0 was very slow. Every time when any
new information was inserted into it, it needs to be refreshed. Web1.0 was not capable of
two-way communications. Web1.0 totally denied the effect of networks. Web1.0
W consists of
few writers and a large number of readers, and it causes the network slow and makes user
starving for resources.

Web 2.0

Web 2.0 iss the second generation of web which started from 2006. It was a kind of web
where two way communication was possible and hence it was regarded as a read-write web.
The users in Web 2.0 were capable
capabl of interaction and to share new things
hings to the people
around them. Here the user was able to use network effects and share the content in many
ways.

Web 2.0 facilitates major properties like participatory, collaborative, and distributed practices
which enable formal and in formal spheres of daily activities going on web (Kujur and
Chhetri, 2015).

Web 2.0 tools in Teaching and Learning

Web 2.0 tools and resources has empowered teachers to instruct students. It not only helps
teachers but it makes students capable of collaborating with teachers and with other students
stude
and parents. These Web 2.0 teaching tools aren’t magical, but they many a times empower
teachers to save their time and motivate the students to learn.. These kind of application are
also small in size and takes very little space on the computers or phones. Some of the tools
are online where they can be accessed without installing any extra program.

So far there are various Web 2.0 technologies which can be helpful in teaching and learning
process,
ss, but here we will be discussing only those technologies or tools which are being used
in India.

1. Animoto: Founded in 2006 mainly because of poor quality of videos on internet. With the
help of Animoto,, users can make slideshows of photos, video clips with customized music in

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the background. Teachers can use Animoto to create presentations

presentations and lesson plans for
students with a combination of photos, video clips.

2. Charles Kelley Quiz Generator:

Generator The interface
rface of this quiz generator help the users to
create multiple choice
ice or bilingual tests. The quiz generated on this tool can be shared with
students. After generating the quiz, teacher can send the link of the quiz to students. The
teachers before generating
ing the quiz, needs to have typed the questions in word or notepad
applications. It can be helpful for teachers to create quiz for students in different languages.

4. Cue Prompter:: This free service allows teachers to use their browser as a teleprompter.
All users have to do is write or cut and paste their script online and press a button to start the
prompter. Many a times the content shown in class is of small size which becomes impossible
for students to read properly. Here this tool can be used. The tool will be useful to the
students with special needs.

5. Google Classroom: Google Classroom is a free web service for teachers and students that
aim to simplify creating, distributing and grading assignments in a paperless way. The
primary purpose of Google
gle Classroom is to streamline the process of sharing files between
teachers and students. The teachers can create a class online and the students are directed to
join the classroom by using the class code given by the Google Classroom for that particular
class.

6. Pool Everywhere: It is an online free tool to get the feedback from students on any
particular topic. During the presentation or at the end of the presentation, the teacher can
login on the website and generate a question. The students attending the session will be
directed to answer the question online on the web or using the text messaging service.

7. Grammarly: Grammarly is a free tool that correct the grammatical mistakes in a

document. Teachers and students can use it to enhance their writing skill. Now a days
Grammarly plugin for MS Word can be installed which helps in making error free MS Word
documents. No only this the tool has Plagiarism checker
checker as well but for that the user need to
upgrade to its premium version.

8. Slide share: Slide share is an online tool

too where users can upload or download Power Point
presentations. The users need to create an account on slide share or can directly login via
LinkedIn. Teachers can upload their content on the website and can enable the students to

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download the content for me. Few years back the presentation was in .ppt format however
after upgrading the website, the user is now able to download the presentation
presentation in PDF format.

9. Byju’s learning app: Byju’s learning app is the most loved Indian learning app. It offers
highly effective, adaptive and engaging learning programs for students from classes 4-12
4
grades and competitive exams
exam like JEE, NEET, CAT, IAS and GMAT. The online tool
contains the study material of various exams starting from CBSE to IAS.

10. Survey Builder:: Survey Builder allows you to easily create and manage online
on surveys
mainly based for course evaluations, and other endeavors that involve collecting feedback.
You do not need to know how to build a Web page that has forms, set up a database to store
entries, or do any of the other technical tasks that are normally required to produce
interactivity on the Internet.

Conclusion

Web 2.0 is a backbone for teaching and learning process. It helps in enhancing the learning
not from student’s side but teachers side as well. The paper discussed various tools which
will be helpful for the teacher’s fraternity to boost up their learning. These kind of tools if
used while teaching and learning process will help in motivating the students towards a better
learning environment.

Although a lot of educational institutional are using Web 2.0 technology and tools, still a
large number of institutions
ions are lacking behind. This is because we lack in proper training
regarding the technology. The lack of infrastructure is also a big reason of interest in Web
2.0. There is a need to give special attention to incorporate the latest web resources in the
process
rocess of teaching and learning. Also, it is essential for the teacher educators to use and
integrate these technological devices in class room practices which will boost up their
capabilities and professional development and thereby helpful in creating interest
in among
students for better learning (Pt and Moshahid, 2017).
2017)

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