Awareness and Usage of Web 2.0 Tools by B-School Faculty Members

The introduction of Web 2.0 has changed the internet into a network where content is created, shared and exchanged. One of the striking features of Web 2.0 applications is to provide global platform to the learning users. Web 2.0 tools such as social networking sites, RSS, Podcasting, tagging, Blogs, Wikis etc. have strong potential to change the conventional teaching methodology, make teaching more effective. It helps the faculty for getting latest insights about their teaching areas of interest which eventually helps them to engage students. It also provides a platform where students and faculty can synergize to make the learning more practical and interactive. However, studies have shown that the use of these technologies is not substantial due to various reasons. This research paper is empirical in nature and aims to reach out to Management faculty members of different B schools and try to find out their awareness and usage of these tools in classroom preparations and discussions. The questionnaire was prepared and administrated online for data collection among different B-schools. The result shows that the most of the B-school faculty members are aware about Web 2.0 tools out of which Social Networking Services, wikis and blogs are the topmost. The research analysis also indicates that most frequently/daily tool is wikis for lecture preparation and en.wikipedia is the most popular one.