What is Web 2.0? Ideas, technologies and implications for education

Paul Anderson's report What is Web 2.0? Ideas, technologies and implications for education (pdf) was prepared for the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC). JISC is an independent advisory body that works with further and higher education by providing strategic guidance, advice and opportunities use to use ICT to support learning, teaching, research and administration. 
The paper contains six key arguments behind the claim that there is a second, distinct, phase of the Internet, commonly referred to as Web 2.0.
The paper explores the specific instances of Blogs, Wikis, Social Networks, Social Media, RSS (Real Simple Synidcation), the Architecture of Participation, User Generated Content, and Web 3.0 among others.
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