Using social software to transform informatics education.

The increased availability of Web 2.0 tools, specifically social software, has changed how users interact on the web. Web 2.0 tools allow users to create, share and disseminate information and knowledge with relative ease. Web 2.0 tools, such as social writing, networking and bookmarking tools, are impacting not only how we educate students but also how nurses deliver patient care. This paper describes how an informatics education program is educating their students to use social software as learners as well as practicing informatics specialists.