by Victoria Clarke
Revolution, the digital marketing magazine, ran a feature this month on Web 3.0. I've heard talk of Web 3.0 but to be honest, with a lot of people still getting to grips with Web 2.0 I've largely ignored it as something far off in the future and of little relevance to us at the moment. Revolution defines Web 3.0 as follows:
"Coined by John Markoff of The New York Times for the third generation of internet-based service that comprises 'the intelligent web'. The intelligent web tries to understand information in the same way humans do. Web 3.0 will connect all aspects of our digital lives. When you're typing an email it will, for example, know what the subject of the email is and be able to suggest any saved websites, books, documents, photos and videos that may be relevant."
Some experts are predicting the dawn of Web 3.0 as soon as 2010 ... So in as little as eighteen months we could be seeing the innovations of a whole new era of technological advances! Exciting stuff? Or perhaps a little scary?
In online learning I think we're only just starting to see the best of what Web 2.0 can offer us. Yes, the use and discussion of the effectiveness of blogs, podcasts, social networks etc. in learning is by no means new. But in our experience at Nelson Croom I think it's safe to say that many people are still taking their tentative first steps (and many others are still at the stage of thinking about it). Web 3.0 may be being hailed as the new "in thing", and you can rest assured that we are watching developments with interest, but let's not lose sight of Web 2.0. I think that we've only just begun to see the best of what it can offer us.
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