Higher Education in a Web 2.0 World

The following link is to a report of an independent Committee of Inquiry into the impact on higher education of students’ widespread use of Web 2.0 technologies

Supported by the principal bodies and agencies in UK post-compulsory education, the Committee was set up in February 2008 to conduct an independent inquiry into the strategic and policy implications for higher educationof the experience and expectations of learners in the light of their increasing use of the newest technologies.

Essentially, these are Web 2.0 or Social Web technologies, technologies that enable communication, collaboration,participation and sharing.

For more information about the key findings from the Committee go to: Higher Education in a Web 2.0 World