Posted in ETEC 565 - Module 4 on Jul 14th, 2009 No Comments »
Benefits and Drawbacks of Weblogging As Downes points out, one of the greatest advantages for using a public forum such as a weblog for learning is that students will be even more diligent knowing that, potentially, their materials would be read by the entire world. It also provides the educator with the opportunity to invite […]
Posted in ETEC 565 - Module 4 on Jul 12th, 2009 No Comments »
Public space blogging As an educator, the parents’ concerns or complaints raised about Noelene’s weblog assignment is not uncommon. However, I must also point out that parents actually know very little of what information their children are disclosing in the public forum through social networking websites and other online means. By comparison, the information that […]
Posted in ETEC 565 - Module 4 on Jul 4th, 2009 No Comments »
Wiki Collaboration vs Threaded Discussion As someone who has participated in threaded discussion, both from an educational and from a recreational setting, I feel that there are several areas where wiki collaboration cannot quite match it. However, from a publication point-of-view, the wiki collaboration is likely to yield a more “appealing” final product than a […]