1. Web 2.0
for
Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Dr.V.Ravimohan

2. • What is web 2.0?
• What are the web 2.0 tools?
• How to use them ?
• Advantages
• Disadvantages

3. What is web 2.0?
• “Web as a platform”
• “architecture of participation”

4. 1.0 Vs 2.0
Web 1.0 Web2.0
Connecting computers Connecting people
Read only for the majority of the people Read and write for the masses
(passive reading) (interact with others or change content)
Pulling information Pushing information (RSS)
Web of the people, by the people, for the
people

5. Web 2.0 tools
• RSS
• Blogs/Microblogs
• Social bookmarking
• Social networking
• Wiki
• Media Sharing (Video/Slides)

6. RSS
• Really simple syndication
• Way of informing you about updates
• RSS aggregators- Google reader/Med worm

10. Blogs
• Web+Log= Blogs
• Regular diary like entries
• Unlike web pages-More dynamic
• “one to many” conversations

12. Social bookmarking

13. Disadvantages
• Reliability-Any body can write/edit
• Information overload

14. How to Overcome?
• Health on the net foundation
• WRAPIN-World wide Reliable Advice to
Patients & Individuals.
• Heath care bloggers code of ethics

15. Advantages
• Dynamic
• Easy to collaborate
• Harnessing the power of collective intelligence

16. • Thank you
– Mr. Jason Rhode (social bookmarking slides)
– University of health sciences library