Web 2.0 and informal learning

by Prof Robin Mason, Dr Frank Rennie

In this paper we describe the use of a range of Web 2.0 technologies to support the development of community for a newly formed Land Trust on the Isle of Lewis. The application of social networking tools in text, audio and video has several purposes: informal learning about the area to increase tourism, community interaction, 'ownership' of the Trust's website and pride in the local landscape. The paper provides background theory related to informal learning and Web 2.0 technologies, and describes an innovative application of them to a sparsely populated rural community.

ID Number: 1066

Date: Tuesday, 4th September 2007

Time: 1545

Location: Law and Social Sciences Building, Room A3

Theme: Learning technology for the social network generation

Presentation: Galson_Trust_Estate.ppt (The file which you can access from this link is the responsibility of the author of the Abstract to which the file relates, not ALT.