The pictures were easy to decide upon. I love cats. From when I was very young, a cat has always been a part of my family, and although I refused to have one for several years whilst enjoying agreat deal of travel, I have now given in to a deep seated desire and we have a much loved and very spoilt family cat.
The sunset picture is just so relaxing. There is a Greek island, Santorini, where I spent a great deal of time whilst living abroad, which has the most amazing sunsets which you watch sitting at a table in a cliffside bar overlooking the bay. As the sun slowly sets, you listen to Mozart and sip your chosen nectar...pure bliss!
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Discussion of Week 1 Activities
1. How might you incorporate use of the application you chose into your work context?
I have already used Blogger - or rather- I have asked students to set up independent blogs- in order to share ideas around a topic- but it was a pilot and I knew little about how well it might work.
Now, I think I would like to set up a sort of group or collaborative blog, whereby group members all add bits or are responsible for a particular part of a task. I'm moving one group on to Assessment and Feedback in an online module about e learning, and it might be useful to set up a group blog to which each member contributes and thus create a shared resource with open debate as well as links to background reading , e journals, digitised chapters found via the library or relevant yoiutube video clips, for example.
2. What value might it add?
If asked to go into a blog and add, it means the group need a shared goal, to work collaboratively and as such learn from their peers as well as contributing to the content and direction of the task. It would allow learnersa to participate in a shared task and be immersed in the creation of an online community undertaking learning through a social constructivist approach.
3. What issues around ownership,copyright, privacy & security might arise from the use of such an online space?
I have to ensure learners are au fait with netiquette issues at the outset of the course and I do see the need to add issues such as privacy & copyright to the list of essential information and to gain student agreement to the institutional policies which exist to safeguard our learners. There are sites which offer free images, for example, which learners need to be made aware of, and a link should be offered to ensure privacy & security are at least identified from the very start of a course. privacy, is, I think a little trickier when going into sites such as Flickr and Facebook, but if a simple ticklist of general advice is presented as a good practice guide, I think this should suffice.
I have already used Blogger - or rather- I have asked students to set up independent blogs- in order to share ideas around a topic- but it was a pilot and I knew little about how well it might work.
Now, I think I would like to set up a sort of group or collaborative blog, whereby group members all add bits or are responsible for a particular part of a task. I'm moving one group on to Assessment and Feedback in an online module about e learning, and it might be useful to set up a group blog to which each member contributes and thus create a shared resource with open debate as well as links to background reading , e journals, digitised chapters found via the library or relevant yoiutube video clips, for example.
2. What value might it add?
If asked to go into a blog and add, it means the group need a shared goal, to work collaboratively and as such learn from their peers as well as contributing to the content and direction of the task. It would allow learnersa to participate in a shared task and be immersed in the creation of an online community undertaking learning through a social constructivist approach.
3. What issues around ownership,copyright, privacy & security might arise from the use of such an online space?
I have to ensure learners are au fait with netiquette issues at the outset of the course and I do see the need to add issues such as privacy & copyright to the list of essential information and to gain student agreement to the institutional policies which exist to safeguard our learners. There are sites which offer free images, for example, which learners need to be made aware of, and a link should be offered to ensure privacy & security are at least identified from the very start of a course. privacy, is, I think a little trickier when going into sites such as Flickr and Facebook, but if a simple ticklist of general advice is presented as a good practice guide, I think this should suffice.
Week 1 _ Activity 1B_
I have looked at both Flickr and Blogger, and initially decided to use Flickr as I had no idea what it was for. However, although I've looked around the site and at examples, I just don't 'get it' as yet, so for this week's task, have decided to go for Blogger. I think I would gain more out of the tasks by recording in a blog, though, again, it is not something I would choose to do outside this course. I have used a blog as a task on an online course as a way of students sharing information and discussion, but I sometimes feel it is replicating the discussion forum to a certain extent and have yet to use it, I think, to its full potential.
Week 1_Activity 1_ Google Search
It felt weird googling myself, something it would never have occurred to me to do previously. I did find a university lecturer from Auckland, an IT Specialist from Austin Texas, a GP from Kent and someone on Friends reunited, but none have the same middle name as I do and none appear to have a dodgy background, for which I am grateful! I'm not a natural blogger or twitterer, and have no Bebo or Facebook account, so I think I may have avoided the most usual radar.
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