While most technologies on this page utilize the Internet in some fashion, web tools highlighted here, exist and are used primarily online and little is downloaded. These tools are accessed online and the content stays online or, in the 'cloud'.
Services that are free often attempt to entice users to subscribe to 'premium' tools or 'full versions' of software.
Colleges that use such tools will have to grapple with the implications of sharing the personal data of students with third parties. Many larger institutions have already drafted policies to cope with the legal and ethical quandaries of higher education in the Web 2.0 world.