A pilot study in using web 2.0 to aid academic writing skills

This paper appears in:
Open Systems (ICOS), 2010 IEEE Conference on
Date of Conference: 5-7 Dec. 2010
Author(s): Tulaboev, A.
Comput. & Inf. Sci. Dept., Univ. Teknol. PETRONAS, Tronoh, Malaysia
Oxley, A.
Page(s): 45 - 50
Product Type: Conference Publications
Topic(s) : Bioengineering ; Communication, Networking & Broadcasting ; Computing & Processing (Hardware/Software) ; General Topics for Engineers (Math, Science & Engineering)
Conference Location : Kuala Lumpur
Print ISBN: 978-1-4244-9193-3
INSPEC Accession Number: 11837611
Digital Object Identifier : 10.1109/ICOS.2010.5720062
Date of Current Version : 24 February 2011
Issue Date : 5-7 Dec. 2010

Abstract

Today a wide range of Web 2.0 applications (such as Facebook, Twitter, Blogs, RSS, Podcasts and Wikis) are giving new challenges and opportunities in teaching and learning. The work described here concerns a pilot study to investigate the acceptability and effectiveness of using web 2.0 as an aid to learning. The work focuses on a university course on academic writing skills. The role of Web 2.0 applications are studied in building informal classes for traditional students and in adopting Web 2.0 practices by educators responsible for delivering existing courses. The extension of the UTAUT model is used as a research framework to evaluate the acceptability and effectiveness of web 2.0 applications. >