Web 2 technologies for Net Native languagelearners: a ‘‘social CALL’’

In order to make optimal educational use of social spaces offered by thousands of internationalcommunities in the second generation web applications termed Web 2 or Social Web,ICT competences as well as social skills are needed for both teachers and learners. The paperoutlines differences in competence structures of Net Natives (who came of age in the 21stcentury) and the Net Generation of the 1980s and 1990s who evolve in response to changesbetween Web 1 and Web 2 technologies.Virtual educational environments in the age of the Social Web represent a perfect embodimentof the Constructionist paradigm: they offer shared discussion and work spaces insteadof presentation tools, coaching utilities instead of help desks, and digital learning resourcerepositories instead of ready-made learning materials. LRE, the European Learning ResourceExchange, and several collaborative web based services and applications will be presented, toillustrate the interrelated change in educational software design and use.New teaching and learning aids require and at the same time inspire new educationaltheories. The trialogical learning paradigm that invites all educational stakeholders to work onshared objects of inquiry and development and thus develop epistemic agency will be offeredas a foundation for a ‘social CALL’