Usually students attend classes to listen to some people who explain some boring things about a boring world. Well, perhaps it’s not exactly like that all the times. But, yes, many times it seems that there’s nothing interesting about attending classes. Not in a traditional way. The system is mostly based on memory, on studying, on reading. Teachers behave as teachers and students behave as students. Everything is in order. But could web 2.0 change roles? Let’s have a look at the Education 2.0 panel, at blogak 2.0.

It could be that the near future will show students playing an active role and teachers creating the conditions in order to make it possible. Blogs, wikis and folksonomies try to encourage the participation of people. No content is out there if we haven’t created it. The web is what we produce (remember The Machine Is Us/Using Us video). Then, could we imagine students creating their own contents for their classes. Perhaps education is not for experts -people who know- but for students -people who want to know.

Blogs and wikis are a means to an end. People must write the papers. And some times papers are really blank spaces where the knowledge is not a question of reading but a question of writing. We need emotional connections with trainees. People must write and must make a lot of mistakes. Teacher must co-write and wait for interactions. Be patient.

That is more or less our intention when we participate at education 2.0 panel. We write our worries at our wiki. It’s just the way we keep in touch in order to build a few ideas for the panel. The wiki is the place where we meet each other and where we can know which our concerns are. That’s simple: one project, one wiki .

And that’s the way we can keep in touch with you too. It’s in Spanish, but it’s quite simple to use some translation tools. Please let us know your opinions or interests. Do you think education 2.0 is just a fashion? Will it change the way we teach and the way we learn? Just a minute, it’s on Thursday 24th. See you at blogak 2.0. Please write the wiki, write your education. It’s up to you here.