Web 2.0 tools in facilitating the construction of knowledge in higher education / Zati Atiqah Mohamad Tanuri, Nor Azlina Azmi and Mohd Zool Hilmie Mohamad Sawal

The development of Web 2.0 technologies creates new methods in the learning process. The adaptation of Web 2.0 as a learning tool is due to the familiarity of the use of Web 2.0 technologies by students. This study attempts to observe the usage of Web 2.0 for knowledge construction in the learning...

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Main Authors: Mohamad Tanuri, Zati Atiqah, Azmi, Nor Azlina, Mohamad Sawal, Mohd Zool Hilmie
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Published: Universiti Teknologi MARA, Pulau Pinang 2014
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spelling uitm-119832016-07-20T03:06:49Z http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/11983/ Web 2.0 tools in facilitating the construction of knowledge in higher education / Zati Atiqah Mohamad Tanuri, Nor Azlina Azmi and Mohd Zool Hilmie Mohamad Sawal Mohamad Tanuri, Zati Atiqah Azmi, Nor Azlina Mohamad Sawal, Mohd Zool Hilmie Institutions of higher education World Wide Web. Web portals. Web site development Library information networks The development of Web 2.0 technologies creates new methods in the learning process. The adaptation of Web 2.0 as a learning tool is due to the familiarity of the use of Web 2.0 technologies by students. This study attempts to observe the usage of Web 2.0 for knowledge construction in the learning process. The objectives of the study are to identify the use of Web 2.0 tools which contribute to the construction of knowledge, and to identify which categories of Web 2.0 tools are mostly used by the students. This research used the questionnaire survey method. A total of 397 questionnaires were distributed among the students of private higher education institutions. Based on the findings, the use of Web 2.0 tools contributed to the knowledge in terms of facilitating communication and collaboration from different teams, accessing knowledge such as online subject communities, experts and other educators, using lesson videos and online clips and lastly students used Web 2.0 tools to share similar interests and create communities around a centre of interest. Thus, the use of Web 2.0 tools is a trend among students whereby they can communicate comfortably among their peers and get access easily to knowledge which facilitate them in their learning environment. Universiti Teknologi MARA, Pulau Pinang 2014 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/11983/1/AJ_ZATI%20ATIQAH%20MOHAMAD%20TANURI%20EAJ%2014.pdf Mohamad Tanuri, Zati Atiqah and Azmi, Nor Azlina and Mohamad Sawal, Mohd Zool Hilmie (2014) Web 2.0 tools in facilitating the construction of knowledge in higher education / Zati Atiqah Mohamad Tanuri, Nor Azlina Azmi and Mohd Zool Hilmie Mohamad Sawal. Esteem Academic Journal, 10 (2). pp. 1-9. ISSN 1675-7939
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topic Institutions of higher education
World Wide Web. Web portals. Web site development
Library information networks
spellingShingle Institutions of higher education
World Wide Web. Web portals. Web site development
Library information networks
Mohamad Tanuri, Zati Atiqah
Azmi, Nor Azlina
Mohamad Sawal, Mohd Zool Hilmie
Web 2.0 tools in facilitating the construction of knowledge in higher education / Zati Atiqah Mohamad Tanuri, Nor Azlina Azmi and Mohd Zool Hilmie Mohamad Sawal
description The development of Web 2.0 technologies creates new methods in the learning process. The adaptation of Web 2.0 as a learning tool is due to the familiarity of the use of Web 2.0 technologies by students. This study attempts to observe the usage of Web 2.0 for knowledge construction in the learning process. The objectives of the study are to identify the use of Web 2.0 tools which contribute to the construction of knowledge, and to identify which categories of Web 2.0 tools are mostly used by the students. This research used the questionnaire survey method. A total of 397 questionnaires were distributed among the students of private higher education institutions. Based on the findings, the use of Web 2.0 tools contributed to the knowledge in terms of facilitating communication and collaboration from different teams, accessing knowledge such as online subject communities, experts and other educators, using lesson videos and online clips and lastly students used Web 2.0 tools to share similar interests and create communities around a centre of interest. Thus, the use of Web 2.0 tools is a trend among students whereby they can communicate comfortably among their peers and get access easily to knowledge which facilitate them in their learning environment.
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author Mohamad Tanuri, Zati Atiqah
Azmi, Nor Azlina
Mohamad Sawal, Mohd Zool Hilmie
author_facet Mohamad Tanuri, Zati Atiqah
Azmi, Nor Azlina
Mohamad Sawal, Mohd Zool Hilmie
author_sort Mohamad Tanuri, Zati Atiqah
title Web 2.0 tools in facilitating the construction of knowledge in higher education / Zati Atiqah Mohamad Tanuri, Nor Azlina Azmi and Mohd Zool Hilmie Mohamad Sawal
title_short Web 2.0 tools in facilitating the construction of knowledge in higher education / Zati Atiqah Mohamad Tanuri, Nor Azlina Azmi and Mohd Zool Hilmie Mohamad Sawal
title_full Web 2.0 tools in facilitating the construction of knowledge in higher education / Zati Atiqah Mohamad Tanuri, Nor Azlina Azmi and Mohd Zool Hilmie Mohamad Sawal
title_fullStr Web 2.0 tools in facilitating the construction of knowledge in higher education / Zati Atiqah Mohamad Tanuri, Nor Azlina Azmi and Mohd Zool Hilmie Mohamad Sawal
title_full_unstemmed Web 2.0 tools in facilitating the construction of knowledge in higher education / Zati Atiqah Mohamad Tanuri, Nor Azlina Azmi and Mohd Zool Hilmie Mohamad Sawal
title_sort web 2.0 tools in facilitating the construction of knowledge in higher education / zati atiqah mohamad tanuri, nor azlina azmi and mohd zool hilmie mohamad sawal
publisher Universiti Teknologi MARA, Pulau Pinang
publishDate 2014
url http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/11983/
http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/11983/1/AJ_ZATI%20ATIQAH%20MOHAMAD%20TANURI%20EAJ%2014.pdf
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