S. Downes: eLearning 2.0 (2005)

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S. Downes eLearning 2.0 (2005)

• eLearning 1.0
• standards conformant learning objects packaged
  into courses
• course as basic unit of organization
• LMS managing access to coursesand reporting on
  them, CM

• eLearning 2.0
• communities of practice rather than contrived
  online discussions in courses
• informal learning from peers
• collection of interoperating (OpenSource)
  applications supporting reuse and remixing of
  content (blog, portfolio, etc.)
• content is syndicated rather than distributed
• learning derives not from design of learning
  content but from its use

• Trends
• digital natives / n-gen / networked learners
• from curriculum design to learner centered
  design (more control for learners)
• meaning making forming connections/networks
• sharing content vs. hoarding it (OS software,
  open access, cc-licenses, ...)

• Web 2.0
• Read Web -gt Read-Write Web
• tools for writing / aggregating / mixing
  content from Web of documents to Web of data /
  microcontent (blogs, RSS, CMS like plone, wikis,
  etc.)

Web 2.0 is an attitude not a technology. It's
about enabling and encouraging participation
through open applications and services . (...)
learning comes not from the design of learning
content but in how it is used.