Web 2.0 Skills

IBM partners with universities to introduce Web 2.0 skills into curriculum in order to prepare the next generation of computer science graduates for the emerging web technologies. These new applications of technology will leverage networks of people and combinations of information in ways that had not previously been available. ...

... "Businesses today are looking to the next generation of IT experts who understand the dynamics of the globally-integrated enterprise; who can work across geographically distributed teams; and easily utilize different open-standards technology assets to quickly develop enterprise mashups, plug-ins and other Web 2.0 resources.

At UCLA, students in computer science class CS130 can opt to work with IBM mentors on Web 2.0 and Eclipse plug-in projects they themselves design. Meanwhile, graduate students at NC State in Raleigh have the first-ever opportunity to get their hands on Project Zero, a new IBM-created Web 2.0 development environment for creating enterprise mashups and rich web applications for a variety of business needs. " ...

Via IBM: The Class of 2.0: 21st Century Skills