E-education 2.0: Students´ digital identity and online learning activities

In general, the implementation of second generation Web technologies enabled the user to have an active role in creating and sharing online resources on global scale with the ability to self-manage the personal online reputation and create different digital identity in the virtual world. Privacy, responsibility, trust and security are just some of the problems of the new technology. Unlike the implementation of e-learning 1.0 in higher education - which enables students to manage their online identities within the virtual learning environments created at one of the traditional platforms (e.g. learning management system Moodle) - in e-learning 2.0 there is a need for directing the students in the process of online identity self-management. Even though certain technical solutions can be found on the market (e.g. new generation e-learning systems which offer access to numerous Web 2.0 tools), it is considered that the digital identity is the important component of e-learning 2.0 in organizational, pedagogical and social sense. This paper describes an example where online service Google Drive has been used for executing online learning activities, and which preceded the study of student general opinion about digital identity and online reputation in e-learning 2.0.