VRES: Consideration of Competencies of the Future Learners from a Reviews of “Web 2.0” Literature

Abstract

“Web 2.0” was a symbolic word that pointed out a paradigm shift of websites from just information retrieval to information sharing and collaboration. It brought a significant impact upon the education sector as well as the business and commercial sectors. We conducted a review of literature on Web 2.0 technologies in an educational context to discover a new image of learners. 181 articles were collected from 13 international journals. Viewpoints of analysis were research approach, technology, learning activity, contents, pedagogy and community. As a result, articles referring to Web 2.0 gradually increased and these researches were conducted mainly in tertiary education Collaborative learning based on constructivist approaches was the mainstream of the articles. Images of Web 2.0 changed from usergenerated to social networking and data sharing. It was concluded that the future learners would need the following four competencies: high ICT skills, creative thinking, self-regulation and sociability.