Web 2.0 and E-Learning: The Indian Perspective

As the World Wide Web moves from the Web 1.0 to its newer version of Web 2.0, it offers transformation of the nature of human interaction with information. This will have profound implications for education that has shifted according to time and technology in the way it is imparted. The Web 2.0 technologies have enabled higher order skills of analysis, synthesis, and evaluation resulting in new terms like e-learning 2.0 and Library 2.0. E-learning 2.0 has created a comprehensive suite of learning resource materials, which enable scientists and students of different fields, particularly those from the developing world, to develop lifelong learning skills. This has wide scale implications for the library and its services. This paper takes a look at the awareness of the various learning paradigms of the Web 2.0, e-learning 2.0, and the Library 2.0 environment with a focus on the geoscience education in India.