ResourcesDIF ModelSearch WizardEvaluation WizardCitation WizardWorkshop LinksResource Kit DirectorySpeculative SearchingWeb 2.0 Choices and Types Google Blog Search Digg Twitter del.icio.us WikispacesEureksterBrowsing TagsInvestigative SearchingFind the AuthorFind the PublisherFind the DateFind the LinksOther Evidence

  

Information Fluency, Web 1.0 and Web 2.0

There are significant differences between Web 1.0 and Web 2.0 that place different demands on Information Fluency. Here is a summary:

Web 1.0 Web 2.0
architectures of information (one-way) architectures of participation (two-way)
searching that is taxonomy-based (keywords and controlled language) and relies on subject directories, search engines and browsing searching that is folksonomy-based (keywords and tags) and relies on tags and browsing, search engines are typically less effective
flat html pages, pdfs... xml, blogs, wikis, nings...
bookmarking social bookmarking
power in the hands of authors--protected content, e.g., (c) power shifting to the users--shared content, e.g., (cc)
mountains of user-generated content even bigger mountains of user-generated content
Schools tend to filter results retrieved Schools tend to filter results to an even greater degree

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