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Rachel Tan

Twittering = learning? - 0 views

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    The theory about learning you embrace determine how you look at social media and its importance (or unimportance). From a behaviourism point of view, twitter might not be very relevant as a means for learning. However, from a social-constructist view you might see a twitter network building relations. In that case twitter is very important.
Rachel Tan

Blogs - Gold Mines - 0 views

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    Associate Prof Steve Wheeler emphasized the great potential of blogs for learning, at the NTU Info-Sharing for Faculty: we-Learning for Gen-Y Students, 24 Jul 2013 I agree with him fully after my experience in Penn State's EDTEC 467 course
Rachel Tan

What is a badge? | HASTAC - 1 views

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      Prior to the Week 10 assignment on Open Education and Badges, I really had very little knowledge about the research and discussions that was going on with stakeholders on badge systems.  Reading Goligoski's article "Motivating the Learner: Mozilla's Open Badges Program" education technology  reviewer Audrey Watters explained that the badges were created as a response to a sense that "institutions and organizations traditionally responsible for accreditation no longer match the realities of what learning looks like today" - this gap if it continues will become more serious  therefore I can now see the need and push for a digital badge system that is based on a "trusted, secure and portable certification process."  Reference http://ojs.stanford.edu/ojs/index.php/a2k/article/view/381/207
Rachel Tan

20th Century Assessment In A 21st Century Learning Environment - 0 views

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    Whether learning is formal or informal - there is an associated learning goal and to figure if we have learned or not, assessment or self assessment is necessary to ascertain the transfer of knowledge. I like the quote in this article: "Educators can accomplish this [transfer-by-design] in a formal learning environment in a variety of ways, first by making transfer a habit. A pattern that is learner-centered and automatic. Like an old basketball coach said, make it not something they can get just right, but something they can't get wrong."
Rachel Tan

A Seismic Shift in Epistemology (EDUCAUSE Review) | EDUCAUSE.edu - 12 views

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      The Web 2.0 definition of knowledge as "collective agreement about a description that may combine facts with other dimensions of human experience, such as opinions, values, and spiritual beliefs" does not exclude the need for evidence-based argumentation when it is needed, whether hard or soft sciences. Web 2.0 is associated with social, open, and mobile learning; and there is a directory of open access journals, http://www.doaj.org/
Rachel Tan

Networked Student - 1 views

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    Good presentation of how learning occurs in a networked environment, Web 2.0 tools to support learning, and the role of teachers - Edtec467 in a nutshell
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Most comprehensive wiki dedicated to digital media throughout Asia - 0 views

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    I found this wiki page from the article "Increasing importance of social media in education" as it relates to our Week 6: Wikis and Learning: Professor Michael Netzely, an expatriated American, teaches at the Singapore Management University. His course, based around internet communications, leans heavily on social media. However, rather than teaching from books, Netzley encourages his students to go out and learn by 'getting their hands dirty' on the likes of Blogger, WordPress, Twitter, Tumbler, Facebook and other social media platforms. As well as providing an obvious synergy with the subject of online communications, the approach allows students greater creativity and freedom to develop their communication skills." http://asiancorrespondent.com/61561/increasing-importance-of-social-media-in-education/
Rachel Tan

Students Talk Social Media in Education via the 1st #StuVoice Google Hangout - 1 views

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    The Innovative Educator blog: Student Voice launched their first Google Hangout with the topic "Learning in the 21st Century: Social Media in Education." During the hangout participants discussed how they are using social media in their education and how they think it can better be used in their learning experience
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Three Teachers' Answers to Questions on Classroom Microblogging - NYTimes.com - 2 views

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      Erin is in tune with 21st century learning needs and indicates she would use backchannelling as it is appropriate to the curriculum. She is mindful that  pedagogy precedes technology.  I would enjoy being in her class 
  • Social media is not replacing traditional conversation in the classroom. It is just one way to help facilitate it and add to it. It also allows for the conversation to occur outside of class hours and for those ideas to be discussed in class the next day.
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      I am thinking about Singapore students in families that do not speak English at home. This would be a great use of technology to practice English with peers, at least in the written form. When I was growing up so many years ago, my family members do not speak English. It was really difficult to do well in school. Naturally I failed English in the national exam (age 16). It was not until I began work in an American firm at age 19 that I started to pick up on my English.
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      Dear Melissa, I like your idea of learning with family. In my case, my parents were both illiterate and my older siblings were sent to Chinese schools. But I shall remember your suggestion should there be any opportunity to share with others. Thank you :) 
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      This is important in the learning process - reminds me of Bandura's social learning theory. 
  • A backchannel in my fourth-grade class is in addition to, not instead of, verbal communication. I’ve seen students build skills and confidence via written forms of communication that have later translated into vocal expression.
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https://cms.psu.edu/WorldCampus/201112SP/201112SPWD___REDTEC498A001/ReadingMaterials/We... - 0 views

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      This description of Web 1.0 makes me think if some  teachers in the Web 2.0 era are still perceiving web for education with a Web 1.0 mindset.  Watch this video on the 'Learning' in virtual environment by seeing what e-learning is not  http://youtu.be/aLEo4tXB7Sk  Web 2.0 technology if used appropriately can promote learning by creating a need to learn. I am very grateful for this class that gave me a reason to dabble with Diigo (as Justin remarked - it is a very powerful tool) and think through the questions as I read the required articles. Six months ago I was told about this tool but there was not much learning taking place.
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      This is understandable, hence we can see many support teams in campuses around the world develop PD for teaching staff in the use of Web 2.0  technology. Sometimes we try to present the pedagogical reasons for use of technology but we as non academic staff have to be sensitive about this as some faculty members may feel we are treading on their turf.  
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      This paragraph explains why I have not used tagging much for reasons of unfamiliarity to the subjects due to a major switch in career.  
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      I wanted to tag our class blogs and post by author but I haven't figured how to do it. Does anyone in this class know and willing to give a few quick steps on how to? I am able to tag in the dashboard but only my own post :( Thanks in advance
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A New Culture of Learning: An Interview with John Seely Brown and Douglas Thomas (Part ... - 0 views

  • nderstanding how knowledge is both created and how it flows in the tacit is the key to understanding and transforming learning in the 21st century.
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10 Tips for Attracting More Comments - Performancing - 0 views

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      I fully agree with the writer but I can't locate my annotation to respond to the comment given on epic 2020. Allow me to say it here - thank you for your comment
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Blogs for Learning | Articles - - 0 views

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      I am really grateful for this edtec 467 class and the opportunity to really hands on with the Diigo tool. 
Rachel Tan

John Seely Brown: Learning, Working & Playing in the Digital Age - 18 views

  • The Web helps to build a rich fabric that combines the small efforts of the many with the large efforts of the few. It enables the culture and sensibilities of the region to evolve, not only by enriching the diversity of available information and expertise,
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      This is another way to see the Connectivist approach to learning
  • a shift between using technology to support the individual and using technology to support relationships. This shift will be very important because with it we will discover new ways, new tools and new social protocols for helping us help each other, which is really the very essence of social learning.
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      This shift is happening and undeniable. Social learning is the theme for our next e-learning e-fiesta. Thanks Phil for sharing this (rather long) article.
Rachel Tan

Minds on Fire: Open Education, the Long Tail, and Learning 2.0 (EDUCAUSE Review) | EDUC... - 22 views

  • Fortunately, various initiatives launched over the past few years have created a series of building blocks that could provide the means for transforming the ways in which we provide education and support learning. Much of this activity has been enabled and inspired by the growth and evolution of the Internet, which has created a global “platform” that has vastly expanded access to all sorts of resources, including formal and informal educational materials. The Internet has also fostered a new culture of sharing, one in which content is freely contributed and distributed with few restrictions or costs.
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      It was only in Oct'12 that I heard of the term 'open education' which is made possible by internet Web 2.0 technologies and the power of volunteers such that education is no more accessible to those who can afford it. Indeed Coursera, Audacity, etc are platforms for global education - what do you think will happen to future higher ed after watching epic2020.org and witnessing the tsunami of open courses/education
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    It is amazing to read this 2008 article for the first time and see how much has transpired in the global educational landscape with regards to open education. Where Web 1.0 expanded access to information, Web 2.0 transformed learning with these affordances: participation, interaction, collaboration, social learning... If Web 3.0 is coming - what will it be? The motivation for Coursera.org is very touching - I stumbled into this YouTube video - Daphne Koller: What we're learning from online education (http://youtu.be/U6FvJ6jMGHU)
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