Absolutely but in education, like other industries, any technological innovation cannot succeed on its own.
Immediately comes to mind is political change (political in the sense of the interaction between a governing body and the people/users). Usually this involves a nontransparent decision process by a centralized power. This thread was particularly enlightening: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=803287
Also in education, one cannot forget the social element. Any game changing innovation today will likely embody some web2.0 ideals.
Not only does it contribute to the spread of innovation. I hate to use the word viral but in today's world it likely will have to spread virally through the internet. Reminds me the adoption of the printing press, arguably the greatest educational innovation, was really helped by pornographic material.
What really interests me in the web2.0 and education space is crowd sourcing. Not only Wikipedia but Wikibooks.
Immediately comes to mind is political change (political in the sense of the interaction between a governing body and the people/users). Usually this involves a nontransparent decision process by a centralized power. This thread was particularly enlightening: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=803287
Also in education, one cannot forget the social element. Any game changing innovation today will likely embody some web2.0 ideals.
Not only does it contribute to the spread of innovation. I hate to use the word viral but in today's world it likely will have to spread virally through the internet. Reminds me the adoption of the printing press, arguably the greatest educational innovation, was really helped by pornographic material.
What really interests me in the web2.0 and education space is crowd sourcing. Not only Wikipedia but Wikibooks.
Edit: Expanded on web2.0