This module discusses the concept of Web 2.0 and how it allows for collaboration and sharing information online. It outlines various Web 2.0 tools for educators like blogs, wikis and social networks. It also summarizes Thomas Friedman's book "The World is Flat" which discusses how globalization and technology have leveled the global playing field. Finally, it provides an overview of blogging tools and how they can be used for e-learning by allowing learners to document experiences.

1. Module 2 e-Learning 2.0 in the Flat World

13. Daniel H. Pink Pink's articles on business and technology have appeared in The New York Times, Harvard Business Review, Fast Company and Wired . Pink worked previously as Vice President Al Gore’s chief speechwriter from 1995-97. He is the author of the New York Times best-seller A Whole New Mind.

14. A Whole New Mind

15. From Design to Meaning Read more at http://www.presentationzen.com/presentationzen/2006/08/from_design_to_.html Designers, inventors, teachers, storytellers —creative and empathetic right-brain thinkers whose abilities mark the fault line between who gets ahead and who doesn't.

16. Conceptual Age Agriculture Age (farmers) Industrial Age (factory workers) Information Age (knowledge workers) Conceptual Age (creators and empathizers) Source: Dan Pink, A Whole New Mind

28. Negative Space

29. Negative Space (2)