Activity 2.4 Reflecting on the paper

Questions: What research questions are being addressed? A study of primary school children’s talk and collaborative activity while working at the computer. This research investigates whether the quality of talk is related to their ability in problem solving. Another issue which seems to be studied here is whether the use of computer based methods […]

Case studies of elearning innovation 3

Case study: Moving from OMR to CBA Area: e-assessment Institution: The University of Nottingham Author: Simon Wilkinson Link: The University of Nottingham, Moving from Optical Mark Recognition (OMR) to Computer Based Assessment (CBA) for summative exams in medicine Background & context This case study focuses on the shift from OMR to CBA. This change was […]

Case studies of elearning innovation 1

This week we need to pick and review 4 case studies. My first choice is a case study on simulated gaming. I’ve made this choice as whilst that I heard from time to time about this idea of learning through gaming (is this what simulated gaming is?!), I do not have any experience in this […]

Week 2 – Concepts & themes associated with elearning

This is how I placed the concepts given for this activity. Each concept has been placed according to the definitions collated below and my own experience in using/not using them. To what extent should we think of elearning as a distinct discipline with a need for its own concepts and vocabulary? Rather then being distinct, […]

Week 1 – rumbling

Week 1 is almost over, it proved to be a very interesting week, back on the desk, reading, commenting in the moodle forum and blogging. Once again I’m trying to fit in studying with all the other pieces of my life, hopefully I’ll find a good routine as for H800. For this course, it is […]

Week 7b – A6 – Searching YouTube

View a selection of the items you find and take notes about what you see. You could use the following questions to inform your viewing: What kinds of information do you get from viewing rather than reading? What kinds of video clip have been made available? What issues do the video clips focus on? Can […]

Week 7 – Quiz

Multiple choice questioners. Mode of assessment which can easily be implemented on online sites. Validity depends on type of questions posed & feedback given. Questions posed in this quiz skim only parts of Block 1. Some questions are too superfluous, for example: The Evolution MegaLab project (there was an activity about it in Week 2) […]

Week5 – A6 – The way ideas are produced and spread using social networks

Wesch’s idea was to define Web 2.0. Through his video, The Machine is Us/ing Us, he’s trying to explain how differently from the original web, normal users are the producers in web 2.0 (example YouTube). This is a new type of platform where the normal user becomes the new star; ‘the cyber star’. Comparing the […]

Week5 – A5 – Comparing ways of finding out about Web 2.0

As argued by Salomon in his paper , through the use of different media the user might give a different interpretation of the information being viewed. In their work, O’Reilly and Wesch are delivering a similar message is being delivered but due to the different medium being used. Initially, I didn’t see this similarity. The message in […]

Week5 – A4 – The Machine is Us/ing Us

The video is very interesting as it immedietly makes the viewer aware of the differences between written and electronic text. Then it goes on explaining the evolution of the web from static text to today’s dynamic & interactive web. Whilst viewing this video I beganreflecting on the added value I’m gaining through the use of my blog for the H800 […]