For some the advantages are limitless but the very strength of the technology also poses inherent risks. Harriet Swain weighs the pros and cons
To find out what the interactive communication tools known as web 2.0 could mean for universities, it is worth looking at the YouTube clip "A Vision of Students Today".
Les Watson, interim director of information services at Royal Holloway, University of London, and a consultant for the Joint Information Systems Committee (Jisc), which supports universities' online activities, goes further. "Anyone who thinks about learning and teaching and looks at these technologies cannot avoid taking advantage of them," he says.
Universities are indeed taking advantage of web 2.0, although not in a uniform way. Some lecturers are allowing students access to podcasts and videos of their lectures. Others are encouraging students to collaborate through wikis and using RSS feeds to organise their own work. Many are now giving feedback on essays through Skype and using social networking sites both for their own research and to encourage student debate. Still others conduct seminars on Second Life.
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