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Personal Learning for Learning Professionals - Using Web 2.0 Tools to Make Reading & Research More Effective

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The articles Folksonomies: Tags Strengths, Weaknesses And How To Make Them Work and Tag Literacy provides some good background. First - theres value provided to the community. Some common mistakes: Misspelt tags (e.g., libary, libray) - avoid this by almost always selecting an existing tag. It is a great way to share the information.

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A Seismic Shift in Epistemology (EDUCAUSE Review) | EDUCAUSE CONNECT

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For example, in Wikipedia, “knowledge&# is constructed by negotiating compromises among various points of view. reflects a shift in leading-edge applications on the World Wide Web, a shift from the presentation of material by website providers to the active co-construction of resources by communities of contributors.

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