What is Web 2.0? Discovering the Participatory Web Martha Hardy & Nicole Theis-Mahon Bio-Medical Library, University of Minnesota October 16, 2008

Class Objectives Definition of Web 2.0 Evolution & defining characteristics Pros and Cons of Participatory Web Applications Web 2.0 in the health sciences

Definition of Web 2.0

Evolution & defining characteristics

Pros and Cons of Participatory Web Applications

Web 2.0 in the health sciences

Definitions “ Web 2.0 is a term describing the trend in the use of the World Wide Web technology and web design that aims to enhance creativity, information sharing, and, most notably collaboration among users.” Web 2.0 Wikipedia

“ Web 2.0 is a term describing the trend in the use of the World Wide Web technology and web design that aims to enhance creativity, information sharing, and, most notably collaboration among users.” Web 2.0 Wikipedia

Defining Characteristics The Web as platform Harnesses collective intelligence Remixes and shares data End of the software release cycle Software above the level of a single device Rich user experiences Tim O’Reilly

The Web as platform

Harnesses collective intelligence

Remixes and shares data

End of the software release cycle

Software above the level of a single device

Rich user experiences

Tim O’Reilly

An Analogy 10 th Edition = Version 10.0 11 th Edition = Version 11.0 12 th Edition = Version 12.0

What Does 2.0 Mean? Upgrade New/Better program Movement New version of the Web

Upgrade

New/Better program

Movement

New version of the Web

Evolution Product of the post dotcom bust Using the Web as a platform Power to the people! Consumers are creators and creators are consumers

Product of the post dotcom bust

Using the Web as a platform

Power to the people!

Consumers are creators and creators are consumers

The Web as a Platform Web as platform + Rich Internet Applications = Success Why? Easy to use Cheap (relatively) Perpetual Beta Sharing and collaboration

Web as platform + Rich Internet Applications = Success

Why?

Easy to use

Cheap (relatively)

Perpetual Beta

Sharing and collaboration

Examples of Web 2.0 Applications Wikis Blogs RSS feeds Podcasts Social networking Social bookmarking Photo sharing Videos Personalized pages Communication Collaborative document creation

Wikis

Blogs

RSS feeds

Podcasts

Social networking

Social bookmarking

Photo sharing

Videos

Personalized pages

Communication

Collaborative document creation

Pros and Cons of Web 2.0 Applications Pros Easy to Use Cheap (relatively) Accessible from anywhere Perpetual Beta Sharing Collaboration Cons Privacy Cost Technical Requirements Training Intellectual Property Credibility & Accuracy

Pros

Easy to Use

Cheap (relatively)

Accessible from anywhere

Perpetual Beta

Sharing

Collaboration

Cons

Privacy

Cost

Technical Requirements

Training

Intellectual Property

Credibility & Accuracy

Web 2.0 in the Health Sciences “How Web 2.0 is Changing Medicine” Dean Giustini (medical librarian) Editorial published in BMJ in December of 2006. Highlights how Web 2.0 applications such as podcasts, RSS, blogs and social bookmarking can benefit health care professionals in their practices. “ rather than intrinsic benefits of the platform itself, it's the spirit of open sharing and collaboration that is paramount.”

“How Web 2.0 is Changing Medicine”

Dean Giustini (medical librarian)

Editorial published in BMJ in December of 2006.

Highlights how Web 2.0 applications such as podcasts, RSS, blogs and social bookmarking can benefit health care professionals in their practices.

“ rather than intrinsic benefits of the platform itself, it's the spirit of open sharing and collaboration that is paramount.”

Health 2.0 “ Health 2.0 is participatory healthcare. Enabled by information, software, and community that we collect or create, we the patients can be effective partners in our own healthcare, and we the people can participate in reshaping the health system itself.” Ted Eytan, MD “ The main point of the Web 2.0 movement in health care is the use of social software and its ability to promote collaboration between patients, their caregivers, and medical professionals.” Laura O’Grady

“ Health 2.0 is participatory healthcare. Enabled by information, software, and community that we collect or create, we the patients can be effective partners in our own healthcare, and we the people can participate in reshaping the health system itself.”

Ted Eytan, MD

“ The main point of the Web 2.0 movement in health care is the use of social software and its ability to promote collaboration between patients, their caregivers, and medical professionals.”

Laura O’Grady

Medicine 2.0 “ Medicine 2.0 applications, services and tools are Web-based services for health care consumers, caregivers, patients, health professionals, and biomedical researchers, that use Web 2.0 technologies as well as semantic web and virtual reality tools, to enable and facilitate specifically social networking, participation, apomediation, collaboration, and openness within and between these user groups..” Gunther Eschenbach

“ Medicine 2.0 applications, services and tools are Web-based services for health care consumers, caregivers, patients, health professionals, and biomedical researchers, that use Web 2.0 technologies as well as semantic web and virtual reality tools, to enable and facilitate specifically social networking, participation, apomediation, collaboration, and openness within and between these user groups..”

Gunther Eschenbach

Examples of Web 2.0 in the Health Sciences

References Castilla, Victor. “Web 2.0 and Medicine: Medicine 2.0.” Web 2.0 and Medicine. 6 May 2007. http://web2097.blogspot.com/2007/05/web-20-and-medicine-medicine-20.html Eysenbach, Gunther. “Medicine 2.0 Congress Launched (and: Definition of Medicine 2.0/Health 2.0).” Gunther Eysenbach’s Research Rants [blog]. 6 Mar 2008. http://gunther-eysenbach.blogspot.com/2008/03/medicine-20-congress-website-launched.html Eytan, Ted. “The Health 2.0 Definition: Not just the Latest, The Greatest!” Ted Eytan, MD . 13 June 2008. http://www.tedeytan.com/2008/06/13/1089 Giles, Jim. “Internet Encyclopedias Go Head to Head.” Nature . 15 Dec. 2005. 438: 900-901. Giustini, Dean. “How Web 2.0 is Changing Medicine.” BMJ. 23 Dec. 2006. 333: 1283-1284. http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/333/7582/1283 Health 2.0 Wiki. “Health 2.0 Definition.” Viewed 30 July 2008. http://health20.org/wiki/Health_2.0_Definition

Castilla, Victor. “Web 2.0 and Medicine: Medicine 2.0.” Web 2.0 and Medicine. 6 May 2007. http://web2097.blogspot.com/2007/05/web-20-and-medicine-medicine-20.html

Eysenbach, Gunther. “Medicine 2.0 Congress Launched (and: Definition of Medicine 2.0/Health 2.0).” Gunther Eysenbach’s Research Rants [blog]. 6 Mar 2008. http://gunther-eysenbach.blogspot.com/2008/03/medicine-20-congress-website-launched.html

Eytan, Ted. “The Health 2.0 Definition: Not just the Latest, The Greatest!” Ted Eytan, MD . 13 June 2008. http://www.tedeytan.com/2008/06/13/1089

Giles, Jim. “Internet Encyclopedias Go Head to Head.” Nature . 15 Dec. 2005. 438: 900-901.

Giustini, Dean. “How Web 2.0 is Changing Medicine.” BMJ. 23 Dec. 2006. 333: 1283-1284. http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/333/7582/1283

Health 2.0 Wiki. “Health 2.0 Definition.” Viewed 30 July 2008. http://health20.org/wiki/Health_2.0_Definition

References, continued Hughes, Benjamin & Joanthan Wareham. “Health 2.0 and Medicine 2.0: Tensions and Controversies in the Field.” Journal of Medical Internet Research. 2008. 10(3). Viewed on 14 Oct 2008. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=2553249 O’Relly, Tim. “What is Web 2.0 : Design Patterns and Business Models for the Next Generation of Software” Viewed on 26 July 2008. http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/oreilly/tim/news/2005/09/30/what-is-web-20.html Rothman, David. “Web 2.0: Plenary Session.” Medical Library Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois. May 2008. Viewed on 28 July 2008. http://www.slideshare.net/davidlrothman/mla-plenary-session-iv-rothman20080513-static & http://www.visualwebcaster.com/stratosphere/48592/event.html Wikipedia. “Health 2.0,” Viewed on 29 July 2008. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_2.0 Wikipedia. “Web 2.0.” Viewed on 28 July 2008 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web2.0

Hughes, Benjamin & Joanthan Wareham. “Health 2.0 and Medicine 2.0: Tensions and Controversies in the Field.” Journal of Medical Internet Research. 2008. 10(3). Viewed on 14 Oct 2008. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=2553249

O’Relly, Tim. “What is Web 2.0 : Design Patterns and Business Models for the Next Generation of Software” Viewed on 26 July 2008. http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/oreilly/tim/news/2005/09/30/what-is-web-20.html

Rothman, David. “Web 2.0: Plenary Session.” Medical Library Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois. May 2008. Viewed on 28 July 2008. http://www.slideshare.net/davidlrothman/mla-plenary-session-iv-rothman20080513-static & http://www.visualwebcaster.com/stratosphere/48592/event.html

Wikipedia. “Health 2.0,” Viewed on 29 July 2008. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_2.0

Wikipedia. “Web 2.0.” Viewed on 28 July 2008 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web2.0

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