Perceived Usefulness of Web 2.0 Tools for Knowledge Management by University Undergraduate Students: A Review of Literature

Mercy T. Adewoye; Taiwo Adetoun Akinde

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Perceived Usefulness of Web 2.0 Tools for Knowledge Management by University Undergraduate Students: A Review of Literature

Mercy T. Adewoye, Taiwo Adetoun Akinde

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This is a review of the extant literature on the types of the Web 2.0 tools available, their use and perceived usefulness by university undergraduate students for knowledge acquisition, construction and management. Some past works revealed that students found the Web 2.0 tools useful for knowledge construction and sharing and that the gainful use of the tools should be encouraged by stakeholders. The main objective of this work is to educate university undergraduate students on the great learning and knowledge management possibilities offer by the Web 2.0 tools and to inform lecturers of the need to consider and enquire into their students’ acceptance and perception of usefulness (or otherwise) of these educational tools before integrating them into teaching and learning processes in so much that students will make an optimal and gainful use of them and hence prevent undue resistance to use from them. The authors concluded by making recommendations on how the students and lecturers could be motivated to make more academic use of Web 2.0 tools for veritable learning and teaching outcomes and a furthered perceived usefulness of the tools. It was also suggested that governments and stakeholders should encourage the lawmakers to legislate functional educational technology policies, provide adequate funding (which is always a constraint in developing countries) to procure modern, state of the art ICT infrastructure through which sustainable access to a wider range of the Web 2.0 tools is given and seasonal training of teachers and students in the educational use of Web 2.0 tools and other relevant technologies is promised. Adequate electrical power backup should also be assured so as to successfully, gainfully and sustainably use the Web 2.0 tools for knowledge creation, sharing and management.

Published in	American Journal of Information Science and Technology (Volume 7, Issue 3)
DOI	10.11648/j.ajist.20230703.12
Page(s)	101-109
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Web 2.0 Tools, Perceived Usefulness, University Undergraduate Students, Knowledge Sharing, Knowledge Management

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