Web 2.0: More than a Social Learning Network Supporters of the Social Web (Web 2.0) tout an active, participatory, cooperative, active information system as the "Wave of the Future."

Of course, dynamic Web-enhanced learning sites are legacies of the original concept of interconnected knowledge resources. Still, group input for problem-solving and decision-making falls victim to the shortcoming of any massive knowledge base (including a huge public library)...information overload.

Language and ESL / EFL teachers tend to "teach the way that they were taught." But, in the era of global expansion, ESL / EFL teachers find that traditional instruction methods fail.

Every person, student and teacher, learns in a unique way. And, every person acquires, process, stores and retrieves information in a unique way. The ability to capitalize upon this unique learning process...individualizing instruction, differentiating instruction, tailoring instruction to individual students...separates master teachers from run-of-the-mill "wanna be," mediocre teachers.