Awareness, Uses and Implications of using Web 2.0 for Supplementing ClassroomTeaching at Graduate Level. Research Journal of English Language and Literature

Abstract

With every revolution in human communication, the dynamics have vastly changed for all purposes. To enumerate a few, the script enabled the idea of objects to travel without the objects: the printing machine enabled reproduction of content in huge amount while the electronic revolution defeated the notion of national and continental boundaries. The Internet explosion of the last couple of decades and the Web 2.0 phenomenon of the last five years has virtually taken the communication revolution to individual homes and offices. This phenomenon has touched and influenced many aspects of our life in a positive way. Education sector has been no different. This research paper is an attempt to identify and analyze formal and informal ways in which students and teachers use Web 2.0 technologies for academic purposes. This research study is a pilot study of graduate students for their awareness, indulgence and implications of web 2.0 technologies in academics. The objective is to identify ways in which the web 2.0 technologies can be used to supplement classroom teaching. A structured approach has been used to elicit and quantify the responses of the sample population of 100 students and teachers. Also, qualitative approach will be used to explain certain aspect of the subject at hand.