Abstract

MARTINEZ MENDEZ, Joaquín; MARTINEZ MENDEZ, Francisco Javier  and  LOPEZ CARRENO, Rosana. Spanish Educational Web portals: review and analysis of the use of Web 2.0 services. Investig. bibl [online]. 2012, vol.26, n.58, pp.47-69. ISSN 2448-8321.

New trends of websites construction put users in a leading role in the site development process. The Web is currently understood as the platform on which applications and services are developed allowing users interact in cyberspace above and beyond traditional query operations. Currently, users wish to edit their own contents, such as a personal blog, or as collective efforts such as a wiki. This new paradigm, known as Web 2.0, incorporates a number of innovative ideas and services that can be exploited by educational communities, either on one's own or through available Web resources of their Spanish autonomous communities which develop and maintain websites featuring Web 2.0 products and services. The goal of this study is to review the use of these products and services in such websites. The results obtained show that the process of adaptation and implementation of Web 2.0 has begun in these educational portals, though there is still a lot of work to be done. Moreover, as might be expected, there are significant asymmetries in the degree of development from portal to portal.

Keywords : Web 2.0; Educational portal; Blog; Wiki; Podcasting; Cloud computing applications; Social bookmarking; Social networks; Content management; Contents 2.0; Web customization; RSS.

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