Article: Web 2.0: Challenges and opportunities for media education and beyond
| Title | Web 2.0: Challenges and opportunities for media education and beyond |
|---|---|
| Authors | Cheung, CK1 |
| Issue Date | 2010 |
| Publisher | Symposium Journals. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.wwwords.co.uk/elea/ |
| Citation | E-Learning And Digital Media, 2010, v. 7 n. 4, p. 328-337 [How to Cite?] DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2304/elea.2010.7.4.328 |
| Abstract | The nature of knowledge is being redefined by a new media landscape that allows all participants to be media producers and owners. Without a comprehensive strategy to include Web 2.0 tools and social media practices within schools, powerful new skills will be neither harnessed, nor developed. Despite the challenge to the relationship between students (digital natives) and teachers (digital immigrants) that Web 2.0 tools present, teachers are still the vital link to supporting students and giving meaning to the practices they engage in, including developing critical thinking in an information age. This article discusses the challenges and opportunities presented to media education by Web 2.0 tools and social media practices and vice versa. Consistently, it can be demonstrated that these symbiotic potentials are reflected beyond the microcosm of media education in schools. Future performance at work and functioning within a global economy and the effect of collaborative networking skills on local, national and global societies go further than the challenge to school curricula. Local specific effects of 'co-learning' and the new status of 'learner voice' on learning experiences show the beginnings of a gradual influence that has far-reaching potentials. |
| ISSN | 1741-8887 2011 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.027 |
| DOI | http://dx.doi.org/10.2304/elea.2010.7.4.328 |
| References | References in Scopus |
| dc.contributor.author | Cheung, CK |
|---|---|
| dc.date.accessioned | 2011-09-23T05:55:53Z |
| dc.date.available | 2011-09-23T05:55:53Z |
| dc.date.issued | 2010 |
| dc.description.abstract | The nature of knowledge is being redefined by a new media landscape that allows all participants to be media producers and owners. Without a comprehensive strategy to include Web 2.0 tools and social media practices within schools, powerful new skills will be neither harnessed, nor developed. Despite the challenge to the relationship between students (digital natives) and teachers (digital immigrants) that Web 2.0 tools present, teachers are still the vital link to supporting students and giving meaning to the practices they engage in, including developing critical thinking in an information age. This article discusses the challenges and opportunities presented to media education by Web 2.0 tools and social media practices and vice versa. Consistently, it can be demonstrated that these symbiotic potentials are reflected beyond the microcosm of media education in schools. Future performance at work and functioning within a global economy and the effect of collaborative networking skills on local, national and global societies go further than the challenge to school curricula. Local specific effects of 'co-learning' and the new status of 'learner voice' on learning experiences show the beginnings of a gradual influence that has far-reaching potentials. |
| dc.description.nature | Link_to_subscribed_fulltext |
| dc.identifier.citation | E-Learning And Digital Media, 2010, v. 7 n. 4, p. 328-337 [How to Cite?] DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2304/elea.2010.7.4.328 |
| dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.2304/elea.2010.7.4.328 |
| dc.identifier.epage | 337 |
| dc.identifier.hkuros | 194188 |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1741-8887 2011 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.027 |
| dc.identifier.issue | 4 |
| dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-78851470331 |
| dc.identifier.spage | 328 |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/139780 |
| dc.identifier.volume | 7 |
| dc.language | eng |
| dc.publisher | Symposium Journals. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.wwwords.co.uk/elea/ |
| dc.publisher.place | United Kingdom |
| dc.relation.ispartof | E-Learning and Digital Media |
| dc.relation.references | References in Scopus |
| dc.rights | E-Learning and Digital Media. Copyright © Symposium Journals. |
| dc.title | Web 2.0: Challenges and opportunities for media education and beyond |
| dc.type | Article |
Author Affiliations
- The University of Hong Kong