An integrated self-evaluated framework for embedding Web 2.0 technologies in the educational process

Abstract

In this paper, an integrated framework is proposed which covers synchronous and asynchronous education using several Web 2.0 tools and which takes into account several existing principles, views and strategies. Furthermore, this framework embeds self-evaluation mechanisms that are based on the performance of students, on answers to appropriately structured questionnaires and on the on-line monitoring of the supporting platform's parameters.

Social Media Learning Activities (SMLA): Implications for Design

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Unisuite: An innovative integrated suite for delivering synchronous and asynchronous online education

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Evaluating Web 2.0 technologies in higher education using students' perceptions and performance

“…Even though the incorporation of Web 2.0 tools in education has been the focus of numerous studies in the literature, either focusing on individual components of social networking in educational settings such as blogs and wikis (Divitini, Haugalokken, & Morken, ), or operationally partnered with pedagogy and context in a Web 2.0 learning framework (Bower, Hedberg, & Kuswara, ; Glud, Buus, Ryberg, Georgsen, & Davidsen, ; Wan, ), an evaluation and regulation mechanism is still non‐existing. There exists a framework that combines all the aforementioned elements, the i‐SERF (integrated Self‐Evaluated and Regulated Framework), which covers synchronous and asynchronous education focusing on teaching and learning in higher education (Karvounidis, Chimos, Bersimis, & Douligeris, ). i‐SERF is a two‐layered framework which incorporates in one layer a partnership of the Web 2.0 technologies, pedagogy and content, taking into account various elements of the existing frameworks, while in its second layer it offers as a new element the means of a self‐evaluating, self‐fed and regulation mechanism.…”