Process
1. Read chapters 9 and 10 in the Horton text.
2. Listen to Podcasts
3. Make a blog post discussing the use of media, especially new media in online learning.
Requirements
Your blog post must discuss the use of new media in online learning.
Explain your experiences with various media and discuss how you might integrate new media into the lessons that you are creating.
Before I stare discussing the use of new media I would learn more about some new things in this session :
Web 2.0:
The term Web 2.0 is commonly associated with web applications that facilitate interactive information sharing, interoperability, user-centered design,[1] and collaboration on the World Wide Web. A Web 2.0 site gives its users the free choice to interact or collaborate with each other in a social media dialogue as creators (prosumer) of user-generated content in a virtual community, in contrast to websites where users (consumer) are limited to the passive viewing of content that was created for them. Examples of Web 2.0 include social-networking sites, blogs, wikis, video-sharing sites, hosted services, web applications, mashups and folksonomies. (link) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_2.0
New media:
is a broad term that emerged in the later part of the 20th century to encompass the amalgamation of traditional media such as film, images, music, spoken and written word, with the interactive power of computer and communications technology, computer-enabled consumer devices and most importantly the Internet. New media holds out a possibility of on-demand access to content any time, anywhere, on any digital device, as well as interactive user feedback, creative participation and community formation around the media content. What distinguishes New media from traditional media is not the digitizing of media content into bits, but the dynamic life of the "new media" content and its interactive relationship with the media consumer. This dynamic life, moves, breathes and flows with pulsing excitement in real time. Another important promise of New Media is the "democratization" of the creation, publishing, distribution and consumption of media content. (link) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_media
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My Experience:
The technology has become indispensible part in our lives. In last few years ago, online courses are more common used in colleges. Since I've been in college in Saudi Arabia I had never deal with online classes because we don’t have this technology in some of our universities.
I’ve been taken an online course since I came to USA at CSUSB. I remember the first class it was ETEC 500 with Dr Newberry it was difficult in the first class but I like it after few classes I enjoy online class and I toke another class that was ETEC 676 in summer 09 with Dr Newberry. I have deal with new tools of technology like: podcasts, audio and video, chatting, skype program and blogs. There are a few reasons that make online classes successful one of them: online class is make learning more interesting. In my experience with online classes make learning more easy to get my education it allow me to be a full time student without coming to the university, because I am a mother and wife.
There are some of advantage and disadvantage of online classes, the advantage of online class in general way:
- For students: they can play the lectures at anytime at any place, to take notes, complete assignment, do research, also to send and receive e-mail. Also students can share their information all over the world.
- For Instructors: they can record the lectures by using padcast or video. Also they can access to their students 24/7. Online class makes learning more interactive, more enjoyable, and more customizable. It improves students’ attitudes toward content and their interest in learning.
There are many media that I deal with it in the instructional technology program and there are Strengths and weaknesses of using each one:
1- threaded discussion: (definition)
This is one of the tools of online class, it make student communicant with each other and with their instructor.
The strengths:
Share knowledge:
Student can share their experiences with each other
Improve critical thinking:
Student can improve their critical thinking skills.
Also students can post their idea with out feel shy.
The weaknesses:
I agree with dr Newberry that "the oldest post stays on top and to find new messages you must scroll down to the botto m. The hierarchical layout of threaded discussion also makes it difficult to scan through the posts. And it can be difficult to follow all of the threads, especially long ones, without some frustration."
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(2) Skype:
Skype is a free program that allows student to chat with other and with their instructor through text, audio, and video.
The strengths:
* Free to Download.
* Students can connected with students who learning similar subject in the worldwide.
* Teachers can be available to their students.
The weaknesses:
* doesn’t work as well with student that have slower Internet connections.
* Doesn't work as well with student that have problem with typing.
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3. Blog:
Is a two-way communication tool
The strengths:
Students can share the information with each other
Students can leave comments on other students.
it is free
easy to use.
The weaknesses:
in my opinion i don't see any weaknesses since i use the blog.
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5. Talk Shoe:
The strengths:
Students can be used to relate a live podcast
Students can share the information with each other
It is free
The weaknesses:
with the new student who doesn't deal with this program before.
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6- Power Point:
you can create the power point by using Windows
The strengths:
Students can download the power point and view it when the want.
Easy to use
It's too easy to create slides
The weaknesses:
some time when you use the tools that in the PowerPoint in wrong way like the chose the wrong color with wrong background its make it hard to read and some time ugly.
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The Online Class :
In this class I will focus to development online materials , I would use power point a to explain some steps to my students ,I would use skype to contact with my student and allow them to contact with each other by blog. Student can connected with me by using email, they can send their assignment to me every week also answer my question that i put it in the end of my course.
the New Media, that dr Newberry said about it in his word document
Flickr, YouTube, TeacherTube
i didn't deal with flicker and teachertube before but when i read about them i like to use it in future
youtbue i know about it and when i face some different i type what i want to know about it and i find alot of video tube tooking in same the topic,
youtube is very helpful in education and help the students to learn.
