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Seminar on Web 2.0 Technology
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Academic Computing Center Presents Seminar on Web 2.0 Technology
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The Academic Computing Center
(ACC) at AUB held a two-day seminar introducing some of the
integrative and pedagogical uses of Web 2.0 applications.
Web 2.0 is the second generation of the Web, which gives
internet users the advantages of creativity, collaboration,
and sharing throughout their on-line endeavors. The seminar
was held over March 12 and 13 in the Bathish Auditorium and
attracted a large audience of both students and faculty. |
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Speakers
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Web 2.0 technologies are considered web platforms based on the
sharing of information, videos, pictures, audio recordings, and so
on, where users can pool together their resources, edit pages, and
share the new information with the on-line community. Examples of
some of the Web 2.0 technologies and applications covered in the
seminar included Wikis, RSS technologies, tools for social
bookmarking (such as Del.icio.us), and YouTube for on-line video
streaming. The seminar was coordinated by Roseangela Silva of the
ACC and, for the first time, was presented entirely by members of
the ACC.
The first presentation, delivered by Rana Haddad, introduced the
concept of a Wiki and some of its central uses. A Wiki is an on-line
technology that allows its users to view information and edit the
page directly on the Web. This technology can be especially useful
in an educational setting, where the students can collaborate and
contribute to the information that is presented to the class,
originally a teacher-specific domain.
Haddad explained that the importance of such Web 2.0 technologies
lies in its defining features of contribution and sharing. It
promotes the evaluation and critique of information and it empowers
users by giving them the freedom to share their knowledge.
Hossein Hamam then presented YouTube, another Web 2.0 technology
that can serve as an educational tool. YouTube is a free on-line
video streaming service that attracts over 65,000 new videos
uploaded per day. Such a vast user-friendly storage space of videos
provides students with infinite resources for learning not
restricted to written information. YouTube also provides channels
where relevant videos are organized and accessed. February 4, 2008
marked the launch of the AUB channel on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/AUBatLebanon.
The third presenter, Sara Moussawi, introduced an on-line social
bookmarking utility known as Del.icio.us, which allows its users to
store and organize links to their preferred websites, as well as to
share those bookmarks with others. This creates a network of users
who can share their bookmarks and also view the bookmarks of others.
Finally, Rabih Mahmassani and Rayan Fayed introduced additional Web
2.0 technologies, including RSS news feeds, which brings news
according to preferences, and Google Notebook, which allows one to
store and organize information that one comes across on the
internet. This application is especially useful for researchers in
saving information from existing literature in an orderly and
accessible way.
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