IOSR Journal of Nursing and Health Science (IOSR-JNHS) e-ISSN: 2320–1959.p- ISSN: 2320–1940 Volume 8, Issue 5 Ser. III. (Sep-Oct .2019), PP 33-48 www.iosrjournals.org DOI: 10.9790/1959-0805033348 www.iosrjournals.org 33 | Page Nursing Students’ Perceptions towards the Implementation of Web 2.0 Tools in Education Doaa Ali El Demerdash 1 , Doaa Abd El Salam Amin Yacout 2, Neama Yousef Mohammed 3 &Lucy Ahmed AbuElEla 4 1 Lecturer of Nursing Education, Faculty of Nursing, Damanhour University, Egypt 2 Assistant Professor of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Damanhour University, Egypt 3 Assistant Professor of Community Health Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Alexandria University, Egypt 4 Assistant Professor of Nursing Education, Faculty of Nursing, DamanhourUniversity, Egypt Corresponding Author: Assistant professor. Neama Yousef Mohammed Abstract: Background: Web 2.0 is not only just an application of technology but it’s an attitude.The use of Web 2.0 tools (wiki's, blogs, RSS feed, social networks, podcast etc.) can support innovative teaching methods and is associated with concepts like communities of practice, syndicated content, learning as a creative activity, peer-to-peer learning, creation of personal learning environments, and non-formal education which support nursing student to influence community and support health promotion strategies. Aims: This study aims to investigate nursing students’ level of usage, preference, perceived effectiveness, perceived challenges, suggestions to improve the implementation of implementation of Web 2.0 tools in nursing education. Design: An exploratory descriptive research design was followed to carry out the study. Subjects: By using simple randomization a total number of 485 undergraduate students and 61 post graduate student were selected. Tools: Four tools were used. It was in two version either online (softcopy) or in hardcopy. Tool I, personal and academic profile assessment questionnaire, tool II, students' frequency of use and level of preference of Web 2.0 tools assessment questionnaire, tool III, student’s perception towards the effectiveness of Web 0.2 tools in education assessment questionnaire, and tool IV, challenges and obstacles in the application of Web 0.2 tools assessment questionnaire. Results: The findings of the present study revealed that the students frequently use Facebook followed by YouTube. Other tools were used in lesser extent. Web 2 tools helped the student to find related knowledge and information for learning and it encourage them to communicate more with their classmates and it enhance their creativity and imagination, increased their confidence. Intellectual property rights, the risk of data security, lack of some teachers’ skills with technology, high cost of educational technologies and poor quality and significance of the shared knowledge are Web 0.2 challenges. Finally, the students’ suggestions include conducting of training programs, e-learning should be included in all the curricula, improve the internet band width, and the privacy in using Web technologies should be, conduct awareness campaign and training by the university on Web 2.0 application in teaching and learning. Recommendations: Developing comprehensive coordination and cooperation protocol between the universities, General Information Authority, Information, research and internet sector at the governmental information services and other different sectors of the community to raise community awareness and training about Web 0.2 tools. Key Words: Web 0.2 tools, student’s perception --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date of Submission: 29-08-2019 Date of Acceptance: 14-09-2019 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I. Introduction In 21 st century, technology has become the knowledge transfer highway in most countries and in all sciences. As part of this, schools and other educational institutions which are supposed to prepare students to live in a knowledge society need to consider Information, Communication, and Technology (ICT) integration in their curriculum (Ghavifekr, Afshari&Amla Salleh, 2015).Combination of Information, Communication, and Technology in education denotes to the use of computer-founded communication that are integrated in the daily educational activities in combination with students' dailyworld, planning, and training activities to face the demands of the digital era. According to Cassim, K. M., &Obono, S. E. (2011) , over the last three decades rapid progress has arisen in ICT. Particularly in the last decade, the growth in prominence of social media and Web 2.0 technologies had a melodramatic impact globally on how people communicate (Nakayima, J. K.