Publication: Exploring the awareness and use of web 2.0 tools by the first year information science students, Walailak University, Thailand
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International Journal of Information and Education Technology
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279
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284
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Exploring the awareness and use of web 2.0 tools by the first year information science students, Walailak University, Thailand
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The purpose of this paper was to explore the awareness and use of Web 2.0 tools by the first year Information Science (IS) students at Walailak University (WU); Thailand. The first year IS students at WU; who enrolled an Information Literacy course in the first semester; 2013 academic year; were identified as the population of this study. Two hundred and six undergraduates completed a questionnaire of this study. The results; therefore; showed that the first year IS students of WU were quite familiar with some of Web 2.0 tools; such as YouTube; Blogs; Wikis; Instant messaging and Social Networking sites comparing to other Web 2.0 tools; such as RSS feeds; Flickr; and Podcast. Walailak University should take advantage of Web 2.0 technologies to enhance learning of the Net generation or digital natives. Based on these findings; the study recommended the integrating a unit of Web 2.0 tools in curricula; providing a unit of Web 2.0 tools in Print and incorporating a unit of Web 2.0 tools in Social Network to improve the Information Science student skills for future information professionals.