This semester is challenging traditional notions of online and network learning. The Web 2.0 tools to which we've been introduced are more than web-based software. Web 2.0 platforms offer portals to new ways of interacting online.The discussions among our classmates reflect much of the mental tug-of-war we are experiencing as we learn to drop old-think embedded concepts and pick up new distributed learning paradigms. Having grown accustomed to viewing computers and the internet as storage facilities where organizing, sorting, and retrieving are more easily facilitated (Web 1.0), I discover I'm conceptually challenged to take the next step of realizing how Web 2.0 connects us beyond the mere sharing of archived documents. Web 2.0 fosters new attitudes toward networking, collaborating, and generating creative portfolios, be they mashups of work, school, family, or anything else imagined.
Web 2.0 is a global sandbox (a creative commons) where we get to share EVERYthing. And since we is smarter than me, the new connected world is synergistically recreating the future landscape in which we live and learn.
Great reflections: "I discover I'm conceptually challenged to take the next step of realizing how Web 2.0 connects us beyond the mere sharing of archived documents."
ReplyDeleteIt is the way we should approach emerging technologies, regardless web 1.0, 2.0, & 3.0...
Your group has done outstanding job on Network training session. It was very informative and interactive. I enjoyed it very much. I know many our classmates learned a lot for your sessions as well. In fact, we have ETC alumni told me your session was excellent.
Unit proposals are critical to our final unit. Be sure to follow the feedback that you received and reflect them on your final unit. I will take our unit proposals to review our final units. Don’t give up! We are almost done with the semester. :-)
Don’t give up! We almost finish the semester.