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Social Media & Personalized Learning – week 4 Blog post #3

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  • What digital platforms are students currently using to develop their professional network?

 

In order to develop their professional network, students are mostly using to main social media network which is LinkedIn and Facebook. However, one can approach to building a network by utilizing the potential of another digital platform like YouTube and Instagram. Although, the most important platform is LinkedIn only which provides great help in building a network with people on the basis of your educational and professional details. In this way, one can, directly and indirectly, connect with an individual who once was in their physical network from school time to their college. Additionally, in their professional working space as well.

 

 

  • What can you (as a student) consider to expand your professional learning network?

 

It is necessary to expand professional learning network and as a student one can utilize the potential of the available digital platforms like LinkedIn, Facebook and even Twitter. However, the expansion of the professional network can only work when an individual knows the purpose and direction to network. After that, the student or even in my approach I will start connecting and adding myself to groups of people which eventually helps me in adding a new member to my professional learning network. Thus, to expand the professional learning network I consider utilization of digital platform available and also looking for an emerging digital platform which supports community-building process like YouTube as well.

 

  • In your network, how can you create a digital identity/reputation?

 

The digital identity or reputation related to the digital footprint of my online approach to different platform or websites. Thus, I can create a digital identity on the basis of the application or websites which I use to build my reputation. For an instance, if I want to create a digital identity in terms of creating art or photography. I can start sharing images and photography related website material over Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. Additionally, if I want to grow my network I can also make videos on YouTube and share with my subscribers. In this way, I can create a digital identity within my network.

 

  • Consider what a local employer would do if you applied for a job with them – can they search the content, is it of benefit to the career path, does it hinder the opportunity of employment?

 

It is unlikely that a local employer for which I applied for a job started searching for my digital identity. However, if I share my own website address related to my digital identity. Then, they can search for the content. Yes, if my digital identity is similar to the job which I am applying with the local employer. It will certainly benefit the career path and does not hinder my opportunity of employment.

Topic 3 Blogging Assignment

  • Which multimedia learning (MML) principles did Dr. Ray Pastore now follow in his video about MML principles? Why might an expert not be able to follow all the principles when creating a multimedia learning object?

 

The Multimedia Learning (MML) principles did Dr. Ray Pastore now follow in his video about the MML principle is a combination of Multimedia principle and segmentation principle. It is become difficult to follow all the principle when creating multimedia learning object as each principle indicates towards a different set of instruction and situations.

  • Which multimedia learning principles would apply to a PowerPoint presentation in a classroom or face-to-face business meeting?

 

The multimedia principle would apply to a PowerPoint presentation in a classroom while in face to face spilt attention principle can be applied from the multimedia learning principle.

 

  • Provide an example of a multimedia learning principle you have intuitively followed in the past, and an example of a multimedia learning principle you have broken in the past.

 

While creating a PowerPoint presentation in my previous classwork courses, I intuitively used the Multimedia principle which emphasized on using pictures with words for better understanding. While I broke the redundancy principle as I provide the same information multiple times to the audience.

  • Embed two or more multimedia objects in your blog post including your edited screencast video (if you have any problems screencasting or video editing, please attend the lab or office hours for assistance). Other multimedia objects you could include are photos, videos, infographics etc.

 infographics elements interface. 

Reflective Blog post #2 Digital Identity

  • What is a digital identity?

Digital identity can be explained as the footprint of an individual or an organization over the internet. It can be related to their web activities including profile over social media, bloggers or over streaming services like YouTube (Stoller). Digital identity holds great potential especially for individual who create, design and share their creativity. One can also understand it as becoming a participant of the digital world in which everyone collaborates just like the real world in a way of sharing and creating information. In a way, one can approach by tracking the digital identity of an individual for providing work or hiring a professional on the basis of their online work.

Digital Identity  Source : LinkedIn

Digital Identity Source: LinkedIn

  • How do personal versus professional approaches to digital identity affect social media use?

 

Social media offers a variety of options to keep or create differences in personal and professional digital identity. However, one can easily mix both and affect their digital identity in the long and short term as well. In terms of personal approaches to the digital identity, one can share their trips, likes or dislikes on the basis of their personal interest (Oliveira and Lina). While in the professional capacity one restricts itself to more vocal about their personal interest and focus on the professional approaches while framing their digital identity.  Hence, personal versus professional approaches to digital identity affect the way of interacting with social media.

 

  • How do digital identities converge in networked public?

 

Digital identities certainly converge in networked public especially due to the search engine keywords. As an individual, when one create and share things on social media. It can easily be found on public domains. Although social media websites offer great help in restricting their user content for the public, still hiding everything on social media takes away the main objective of the platform. Therefore, digital identities mostly converge in networked public in a great way and changing the discourse of the general public by studying the digital identities of masses.

 

  • What are the impacts and/or benefits? – Can a digital wallet provide trust in networked public?

 

In the modern digital payment system, the digital wallet is becoming important and providing a quick and easy way to the networked public for payment. There are many benefits of using the digital wallet such as quick and easy pay, low authorization, loading as per needs and also easily accessible through smartphone or wearables. However, there is a certain impact of the digital wallet as well which diminishing its benefits. Due to less security, it becomes an easy target for hackers to gain access to an individual backend personal information of their original payment method. Hence, one needs to remain careful while using a digital wallet in a public network.

References

Oliveira, Nuno Ricardo and Morgado Lina. “Oliveira, Nuno Ricardo, and Lina Morgado. “Managing the Presence and Digital Identity of the Researchers in a Distance Learning Community: Some Impacts.” Educational and Social Dimensions of Digital Transformation in Organizations (2019): 175-193. IGI Global.

Stoller, Eric. “Eric Stoller – What is Digital Identity?” YouTube, University of Derby, 25 November 2016. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0RryRbJza0&feature=youtu.be. 01 February 2021.

Interactive and multimedia Learning – Week 2 posts

  1. How would the Dual Coding Theory change how you create PowerPoint presentations?

The Dual Coding theory emphasized the human ways of processing the information which is visually and verbally. Therefore, one should create a PowerPoint presentation in such a way that the content of it forward the information in both ways and remain specific to the context (Sung-Byung et al. 187). Hence, the presentation should include pictures, videos and sound for creating a high impact on the audience.

Figure 1: Dual Code Theory Source: MySimpleShow

  1. Why are we talking about the concept of Flow in a class about online and multimedia learning?

The concept of flow holds the utmost importance in the online learning environment. The flow maintains e- learner’s sense of absorbing virtual education from the multimedia framework of technology. The concept of flow provides three benefits with positive emotion, its academic performance and motivation towards learning further from the online and multimedia learning methods.

  1. Why are we learning about learning theories in this class?

We learning about the learning theories in this class as they offer insights about using information, knowledge creation and the core reason behind the generation of learning (Campbell et al. 26). In this way, it helps the learner to make informed decisions in respect of a particular situation with the help of learning designer framework.

  1. What uses and potential benefits for online learning can the Hypothes.is tool give us? What are potential drawbacks to using Hypothes.is?

Hypothes.is is a free and open tool which helps in online learning by increasing the student’s engagement in annotating the web from anywhere. It also facilities layers of conversation from the entire web. With this platform, students and teacher can analyze text collaboratively. The major potential drawbacks are that Hypothes.is cannot help the students in solving the problems.

  1. Other thoughts or reflections you’ve had on interactive and multimedia learning from today’s videos and readings?

With today’s video and reading, I learned about the depth of the interactive and multimedia learning which helps me in understanding the basics of creating content with the multimedia tool. Now, I am able to understand the science behind the content creation which I will be able to use in the future presentation to make them more effective.

 

References :

Yang, Sung-Byung, et al. “An empirical examination of online restaurant reviews on Yelp. com: A dual coding theory perspective.” International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management (2017).

Campbell, Anita, Tracy Craig, and Brandon Collier-Reed. “A framework for using learning theories to inform ‘growth mindset’activities.” International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology 51.1 (2020): 26-43

Reflective Blog post #1

What does it mean to the network using social media?
In the modern digital world, it’s become common to have a network using social media and the current pandemic situation due to COVID-19 also give a great boost to the same. Social media offers an internet-based platform which helps in getting connected with friends, family and relatives from anywhere in the world. It can provide a variety of purposes such as social and business (Hensel et al. 87). Networking through social media means a lot as one can search and relate to a group of people who shares a common interest or opinion on a cause. Thus, building social media networking provide a great feasible and more connectivity to an individual. However, it affects the relationship in longer terms.

How are we motivated to participate in networked public?
In order to motivate towards participating in networked public, there is a variety of motivation to the general public. First, the independent platform for sharing information and opinion about any cause. Second, the less knowledge about the working of networked public and get motivated to use the free platform which connects multiple devices to a network without permission (Wang 662). Last, the networked public offers a large number of audience which seems attracted to the general public who are in search of the indirect public for sharing their information or opinion.

What are the risks & rewards of public communications?
The public communication offers both risk and rewards due to wide implications over society. In terms of rewards, it offers a free- information sharing platform to the users and let them have a large number of the audience (Burris 851). While in terms of risks, one can take advantage of a large number of connected devices to steal information and data. Therefore, one should carefully use public communications as it can be rewarding and risky at the same time.

References

Hensel, Kyle, and Michael H. Deis. “Using social media to increase advertising and improve marketing.” The Entrepreneurial Executive 15 (2010): 87.

Wang, Xuequn. “How do people participate in social network sites after crises? A self-determination perspective.” Social Science Computer Review 32.5 (2014): 662-677.

Burris, Ethan R. “The risks and rewards of speaking up: Managerial responses to employee voice.” Academy of Management Journal 55.4 (2012): 851-875.

Weekly blogging Assignment

Interactive and multimedia learning is a new form of method which is incorporating itself into the field of the academic education system. Similarly, I have high hopes from the class which is to get at least a beginner level of skills by which I can create multimedia-based infographics. However, I am sure that it can make me an expert on that thing as it also depends on my efforts towards learning from this course. In my opinion, the example of Rich’s son playing a web-based game is related to more interactive learning. Similarly, one example of multimedia-based learning can be TED talks which incorporates presentation, speech and videos simultaneously (Huang et. al, 2016). It does make a positive impact on me as with their multimedia-based learning method. They can convey the message more accurately to the wider audience.

Figure 1-Multimedia Presentation (TED Talk) Source: Sciencedirect.com

Additionally, I also remember a learning experience that does not involve digital technology from my school days. One of our English teacher who seems to be expert its storytelling. He used hand gestures, simple pictures and wooden figures to convey the message to the students. I enjoyed it very much and it will remain a positive experience for me as it brings back the old memories. Similarly, I used to add symbols, figures and small clipart in the presentation of my previous class to make them impactful. Thus, I gained a lot from today’s videos and also came to know about the fact that multimedia form of expression is more than three centuries old.

 

References

Huang, Y.T., Yang, T.C., Chen, M.C., Chen, C.M. and Sun, Y.S., 2016, July. Design of an online multimedia learning system for improving students’ perceptions of english language learning. In 2016 IEEE 16th International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT) (pp. 327-331). IEEE.

 

URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/social-sciences/multimedia-learning

Post on Inclusive Design

The interactive learning resources this time are simple but comprehensive, and fully meet the part of normal economics that needs to be learned. After learning, it will not affect the subsequent learning of economics. If there is a pandemic, then this interactive learning resource can be transferred to the Internet for learning. The courseware can be uploaded to the learning website, and the teaching videos can be recorded in advance. Students may have problems with jet lag, and we can solve them by recording videos. For example, an activity I designed is to give students the same amount of money to allow students to buy different things. This activity allows students to intuitively feel that consumer preferences can affect consumer choices. Then I can change this activity to a questionnaire on the Internet to list the products that students can choose, but only give limited choices. Later feedback can be conducted in the form of online group discussions, and students can share their choices.

Prompt on Interaction

This video is on direct instruction, in which vivid pictures and video effects are added to help students understand knowledge. This video requires students to understand and write down most of the basic knowledge. The student council may watch the video repeatedly and take notes. There are no very interactive activities in the video, although for the subject of our learning resources, designing an interesting activity is not a very effective way to learn knowledge. And we did not add appropriate activities to increase the fun in the final learning resources. But I still want to mention the activities I designed before. In the chapter on rational consumption of consumers, students need to learn those factors that affect consumers’ choices. So I designed an activity to give students the same amount of money, Students go to buy different things. This activity allows students to intuitively feel that consumer preferences can affect consumer choices. If face-to-face courses are not possible, then this activity can be conducted in the form of a questionnaire, listing the products that students can choose but only giving limited choices. Subsequent feedback can be conducted in the form of online group discussions. Students can share their choices, which can just help students understand theoretical knowledge. In order for this activity to be effective, I need to design at least a questionnaire, and perhaps learn how to design a questionnaire on the Internet. I think it is worth spending this time if only learning the content of the unit of rational consumption by consumers. If you need to learn more about economics, then this activity is not worth it, because it is a waste of time and the content of this part is not that difficult.

Prompt on Learning Design II

My idea was to expand our learning resources based on inquiry-based learning, because I think most of the basic courses in the school now focus on direct instruction. Although our theme is the rational choice of consumers, I still want to try edit our learning resources based on inquiry learning. First, inquiry-based learning is a teaching method based on inquiry. It was developed in the 1960s. It is an inquiry-based learning form of traditional teaching. It requires learners to actively participate in personal or real experience. Inquiry is carried out through experiential learning, because inquiry generally recognizes the same concepts, including participating in questions and answers on content and teaching materials, and understanding through investigation and cooperation. As for our topic is the rational choice of consumers, I think that although there will definitely be some direct teaching methods involved, because this learning resource is mainly theoretical, but I think it can be interspersed with some exploratory learning, such as designing an activity, students can buy the same two products with same money. Each student must have different choices. Here, students can be aware of the factors that affect their rational consumption. Students can be aware of everyone’s different preferences will affect everyone’s consumption. But I can also understand the disadvantages of inquiry-based learning in this learning resource. Some of the efficiency is relatively low because most of this learning resource is still based on theory. Although the actual activities carried out certain amount of interaction and interest, but it will take longer to learn basics. The theoretical knowledge actually does not take that long, and students can easily understand the knowledge through direct instruction. But I still want to try to add inquiry learning to our blueprint, hoping to apply it to the final learning resources.

Peer Review on French Pod3

Peer review of French 256: Intermediate Oral French

Pod3(https://french256.opened.ca/)

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The design of the website is very concise, and the summary of learning resources is noticeably clear. It is also extremely attractive. It makes students extremely interested in learning basic French. I am interested in the two activities mentioned in the introduction. The first one is for two. A French film is dubbed, and the second is that students play the roles of witnesses and detectives in a detective drama written by a tutor, which is incredibly attractive. You can feel the obvious interaction in the first section of the study. The instructor will interact with the students one-on-one through the dialogue in the textbook.

 

And the dialogue will be truly diverse. The second part of the study is mainly group discussion, students can freely choose the topics they want to discuss, which can greatly enhance the communication between students. It also laid the foundation for the next part of the activity. Students will not be embarrassed in the next activities.

 

The third and fourth parts are two interesting activities, dubbing the film and the detective game. First of all, dubbing is very interesting, and secondly, students can intuitively feel the difference in the pronunciation of spoken language, which is a good way to learn foreign languages. The second detective game will be a particularly good way to guide students in oral communication. Because students must win the game through communication.

 

This course is very interactive and interesting. But I am more worried about the implementation of this course, because for movies, there are many difficult sentence patterns and simple sentence patterns in the movie. I hope that in this teaching, I can more clearly indicate the segments that need dubbing. For the fourth part of the detective game, I also hope that it can be introduced in more detail on the learning webpage, because in general, the detective game is more complicated, and complicated information exchange is very difficult for students who are just learning French. Because everyone may only say a few words. Then this has a great impact on the progress of the game.

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