web-based platforms with simple to use interfaces that enable users to collectively contribute and share large amounts of information

web 2.0 technology allows an application to run on the internet without having to install the application on a computer

offers the advanteage that users can not only get information from various sources, but also design information presentation more interesting and efficient while allowing the information to be shared online for the benefit of many

Content can be instantly accessed by people and machines for more efficient sharing and knowledge formation

connecting people via the internet to boost knowledge and capacity to learn

typically short posts and contributions that are easily published and can be rapidly dipersed

Where people organize data by attaching keywords or "tags" to it, rather than carefully arranging it in knowledge hierarchies

Bower presens the typological analysis of web 2.0 learning technologies

this study presents over two thousand links led to identification of 212 web 2.0 technologies that were suitable for learning and teaching purposes