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Adoption of Web 2.0 tools
in distance education
Yasemin KOÇAK USLUEL
Sacide Güzin MAZMAN
Hacettepe University, Faculty of Education
Department of Computer Education and Instructional Technology
TURKIYE
Introduction
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Providing interaction has always been an
important issue in distance education.
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For quality of learning, satisfaction of students
and effective learning outcomes, necessity of
different interaction forms as student-student,
student-teacher, student-content, has been
revealed by different technologies.
Purpose of Study
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To explain possible educational utilization of Web
2.0 tools, namely blogs, wikis, podcasts and
social networks, from the point of importance of
interaction for distance education.
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To investigate adoption process of Web 2.0 tools
in distance education by defining theories and
models which have different construct that effect
this process.
Interaction in Distance Education
Technology plays a key role for;
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promoting interaction
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delivering education
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communication between individuals
Interaction in Distance Education
Interaction in distance education is not limited to solely
 audio and video
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Interaction must also represents
students’ connectivity feeling with
the distance teacher, aides, peers.
Web 1.0 Technologies
• WWW pages
•Discussion boards
• E-mail
•Multimedia
• File Transfer
Protocol FTP
• Softwares
One way communication,
Published content
Users as passive consumers
Internet as a different channel
Emerging technologies and changing
pedagogies bring out the necessity for
 more effective two way communication,
 promoting interaction and collaboration,
 sharing and flexible participation.
Web 2.0
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Two way communication
User generated content
Openness
Easy sharing
Writing comment and
feedback
Rich design
RSS feeding
Collective Intelligence
Web 1.0
Britannica Online
Personal Web sites
Domain Host
Web 2.0
Wikipedia
Weblogs
Search engine optimization
Publishing
Content Management System
Participation
Wikis
Directories
Taxonomy
Centralized
Stickiness
Tagging
Folksonomy
Distributed
Syndication
Web 2.0 Tools in Distance
Education
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To fulfill the shortages of Web 1.0,
To provide more effective interaction and
collaboration,
Investigation has been started in education, for the
ways of using;
Blogs
Wikis
Podcasts
Social networks
Blogs
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Online diaries
No technical skill, to create, publish and organize
Dated content, entries, comments, discussion in
chronological order
Easy to use and flexible
RSS feature
Blogs in educational context
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Enhance writing skills,
Faciliate self reflection,
Encourage critical thinking,
Provide collaborative and active learning,
Provide feedback,
E-portfolios that keep records of personal
development.
Wiki
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Free open source software
Freely expandable collection of interlinked Web
pages
Hypertext system for storing and modifying
information
Database where each page is easily edited by any
user.
Users can visit wiki, read and add content to wiki or
update and organize content.
Wikis in educational context
Support collaborative learning and writing
 Support project based and inquiry based learning
 Promote creativity
 Encourage critical searching
 Provide easy online updating content
Wikis can be used as;
 Classroom websites, course administration, timetabling
 Online dictionary
 Bibliographically organized class or group projects
 Virtual classes for online collaboration
 Frequently asked questions (FAQ) for classroom
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Podcast
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Podcast= iPod(portable digital audio player form
apple) + broadcasting.
Basically digital audio programs that can be
subscribed to and downloaded by users via RSS and
listened to on either a variety of digital audio services
or desktop computer.
Podcast in educational context
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With mobile devices, as another variant of
mobile learning.
Eliminating cost and time limitations of
mobile learning
Reviewing lectures before exams
Listen in on classes missed lessons
Students can create their own podcasts for
peers
Feel connected to learning community.
Social Networks
Social networks are software that support;
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Collaboration
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Knowledge sharing
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Interaction and communication of
users from different places who come
together with a common interest, need or goal.
Social Networks in Educational
Context
Social networks can also be viewed as pedagogical tools
as they support;
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Information discovery and sharing,
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Networks of people and connections
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Informal learning
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Creative, expressive forms of behavior and identity seeking,
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Developing a range of digital illiteracies
Adoption of Web 2.0 Tools in
Distance Education
There are different models and theories about diffusion,
acceptance and adoption of an innovation.
Grounded in socio physiological
context and focused on internal
decision processes at individual
level.
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Attitude
Intention
Subjective norm
Behavior
Normative belief
Usefulness perception
Ease of use perception
Focused on features of
innovation and diffusion of new
among users in a system.
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Relative advantage
Complexity
Trialability
Observability
Compability
Visibility
Adoption of Web 2.0 Tools in
Distance Education
Adoption of Web 2.0 tools in distance education
context contains many different dimensions, must
be taken into consideration such as;
 Social dimension (student, teacher and others)
Perception
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and efficacy of users
Media, technology access, cost,
Resources
and services etc.,.
Theories and Models
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Diffusion of Innovation Theory (Rogers, 2003)
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Theory of Reasoned Action (Fishbein&Ajzen,1975)
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Theory of Planned Behavior (Ajzen, 1991)
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Technology Acceptance Model I and II (Davis, 1989;
Venkatesh and Davis, 2000)
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Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology
(Venkatesh et al., 2003)
Adoption of Web 2.0 Tools in
Distance Education
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When studying in Web 2.0 technologies and distance
education context, it is necessary to consider both of the
individual decision processes and features of innovation.
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Instead of only one diffusion, adoption or acceptance
theory and model it can be suggested to investigate Web
2.0 adoption within a holistic view.
Conclusion
Because of;
 Continuos globalization of information
 Learning independent from time and place
 Need for cost effective and quality learning
 Need for life long learning
“Distance Education” come into question in all levels
of education.
Conclusion
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Interaction between students, teacher, content etc.
has been a major factor since beginning of distance
education.
Developments in technology that provides
interaction, has brought out necessity of continuous
support for process.
Conclusion
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As Web 2.0 technologies support interaction
process, many advantages of them have also
been a response for questions about adoption
of these technologies in distance education.
Conclusion
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Individuals’ acceptance and usage of technology in
system is important for obtaining effective outcomes
with these technologies.
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There has been many studies in the framework of
different models and theories in this field.
Conclusion
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It can be suggested that utilization from various and
different theories and research methods will strengthen
the studies in this field.
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While investigating adoption of these tools in distance
education, researches for a holistic view by utilizing
various theories and models like Venkatesh et al. (2003)
may be needed.
Conclusion
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Further researches could establish a new model by
selecting appropriate constructs from previous models
and theories and could examine the adoption of Web 2.0
tools in distance education, by considering both
technological characteristics of technology and social
factors in distance education as students, teacher etc.
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Additionally, except from previous constructs, external
new constructs can be included into this model.
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