In this semester, I chose an online course, IDE611 Technologies for Instructional Settings. Through reading the syllabus, I found that Blog leaning was one of the most important parts of this course. I created my first blog approximate six years ago aiming to keep in touch with my friends and share with them my stories. So, in this course, what else I would learn about blog? How to learn? Does the blog have some other functions? With these curiosities, I start my learning. Here in this short paper, I will concentrate on discussing my learning experience of the blog, not only what I have done, but what I have learnt.
According to Prof. Lei’s requirement, I created my first academic blog at the beginning of this semester. For the first half of the semester, I focused on an assigned information technology, Mind Mapping; and for the second half of the semester, I changed my concentration to Mobil Learning. I maintained my blog regularly, and meanwhile, I visited my group members’ blogs and posted comments.
To make my blog meaningful and appealing, I did many online researches, and I felt Wikipedia--a free multilingual encyclopedia, was a wonderful website for novice. There, I located many useful definitions, explanations, basic ideas and various other types of information that my blog concerned. Furthermore, I became acquainted with YouTube, a video sharing website where users can upload, view and share video clips (I found this definition in Wiki). Watching videos broadcasting on Youtube, I developed my understanding of topics I was engaged in. I chose some valuable ones and added them on my blog (this was a new skill that I learnt) to share with other peers. In addition, I read many valuable, interesting and unique thoughts presented by my group members in their blogs. It was excellent experience to discuss with them about every specific idea that attracted our attention. What was the most important of all, I acquired some new information technologies from others’ blogs, such as twitter, Voicethread, Bookmarking, etc.
However, I met some problems as well. When I worked on my first topic—Mind Mapping, I was enthusiastic and motivated at the very beginning, because there was so much that I didn’t know, and therefore, there was a large space for me to explore. But soon after, I realized the more I read and wrote the less I could present. It became time consuming for me to filter further novel and valuable information, because the internet was filled with commercial-oriented information, introducing audience un-free Mind Mapping software. I was certain that the online resources were rich and there were large amounts of valuable information exist there waiting for me to discover. But how to exploit vast amount of online resources, and consequently conduct effective and efficient online research?
Just like what I mentioned in the third paragraph, I do learn a lot from my blog experience in this semester. At the same time, I realized my deficiency— that is, I don’t know how to conduct effective and efficient online research. The online research ability is critical for a qualified instructional designer; therefore, I hope the awareness of my deficiency will become a motivation and encourages me to strive forward,
According to Prof. Lei’s requirement, I created my first academic blog at the beginning of this semester. For the first half of the semester, I focused on an assigned information technology, Mind Mapping; and for the second half of the semester, I changed my concentration to Mobil Learning. I maintained my blog regularly, and meanwhile, I visited my group members’ blogs and posted comments.
To make my blog meaningful and appealing, I did many online researches, and I felt Wikipedia--a free multilingual encyclopedia, was a wonderful website for novice. There, I located many useful definitions, explanations, basic ideas and various other types of information that my blog concerned. Furthermore, I became acquainted with YouTube, a video sharing website where users can upload, view and share video clips (I found this definition in Wiki). Watching videos broadcasting on Youtube, I developed my understanding of topics I was engaged in. I chose some valuable ones and added them on my blog (this was a new skill that I learnt) to share with other peers. In addition, I read many valuable, interesting and unique thoughts presented by my group members in their blogs. It was excellent experience to discuss with them about every specific idea that attracted our attention. What was the most important of all, I acquired some new information technologies from others’ blogs, such as twitter, Voicethread, Bookmarking, etc.
However, I met some problems as well. When I worked on my first topic—Mind Mapping, I was enthusiastic and motivated at the very beginning, because there was so much that I didn’t know, and therefore, there was a large space for me to explore. But soon after, I realized the more I read and wrote the less I could present. It became time consuming for me to filter further novel and valuable information, because the internet was filled with commercial-oriented information, introducing audience un-free Mind Mapping software. I was certain that the online resources were rich and there were large amounts of valuable information exist there waiting for me to discover. But how to exploit vast amount of online resources, and consequently conduct effective and efficient online research?
Just like what I mentioned in the third paragraph, I do learn a lot from my blog experience in this semester. At the same time, I realized my deficiency— that is, I don’t know how to conduct effective and efficient online research. The online research ability is critical for a qualified instructional designer; therefore, I hope the awareness of my deficiency will become a motivation and encourages me to strive forward,
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