Web 2.0 and Project-Based Learning To Improve Students' 21st Century Skills

This study aims to improve students' higher order thinking skills (21st Century Skills) using Web 2.0 applications and Project-Based Learning using Flat Classroom Projects as the learning method. This was a Classroom Action Research (CAR) in the “ICT in Language Learning class” as the research subject. This research was conducted in the English Education Study Program, Universitas Negeri Semarang. The significances of this research are theoretical, practical and pedagogical. Theoretically, this research has a contribution to the use of technology, especially Web 2.0 in the digital era in learning English in universities. The results of this study also prove that current learning is more constructive in that the parties involved in learning need to adapt to changing times. Then, practically the results of this research can be useful for 1) students, 2) lecturers, and 3) universities. For students, they will open their paradigm that the goal of education today (digital era) does not focus on individual abilities alone but rather on the ability of students to work together with others in solving problems with the provision of high-order thinking skills. For lecturers, they will feel more responsible in learning activities where their role is not only as teachers but as facilitators who can direct the role of students in the current digital era.