1. Synthesis Project About
Social / Collaborative
Learning
Angelina M.
ITEC299

2. Learning Preferences
 At the beginning of the class my scores for the learning preferences survey
were as follows: reflective - 5, sensing - 5, visual - 7, global - 1. I really
connected with the descriptions in the summary titled “Leaning Styles &
Strategies” and I felt it described me quite accurately in terms of being
reflective, sensing and visual. At the end of the class I realize I still work
reflectively meaning independently, but I also see and have experienced the
value of working in groups. Following forums and asking questions in forums
for a few of my classes has allowed me to reach out for help. It has also
helped me realize that input from others challenges and develops my way of
thinking. At the end of the class my thinking has changed about learning
preferences overall in that I am aware that we all have different learning styles
that can be creatively accommodated and incorporated into all of our classes.
And that if our teachers don’t incorporate different learning tools that suit
everyone’s learning styles that we can make those accommodations for
ourselves once we know our learning preferences. Yes knowing about
learning preferences makes a difference in my personal learning success. It
has helped me clearly identify the most effective ways for me to learn so that I
can seek those learning methods and use those tools to increase my
academic success. It has also helped me identify the ways I am lacking which
has enabled me to find ways to expand those areas such as working on being
a little more active in my learning instead of being too reflective and struggling
to get assignments done.
 Angelina Molina

3. Learning Pathway
 The learning pathway I chose at the beginning of the class was the
Learning Sage because I am behind on the technology aspect of
learning and I wanted to find new updated ways of learning. For
example, watching the lectures posted on Screenr was very helpful
and showed me a way that I could be creative and incorporates
another tool into my learning and teaching. Screenr helped
accommodate my visual learning style. I also wanted to test out the
waters because I don’t allow my son to use any technology and I
wanted to learn more about how I could incorporate age appropriate
educational technology. (My son is in kindergarten) No I did not
change my pathway because I was learning about different
technologies that I had no previous knowledge of and I’m glad I chose
this pathway because I learned a lot about new technologies that I can
share with others.
Angelina Moina

4. Learning Activities
 The activities that helped me get a broader understanding of how to use a social
technology to learn was the social networking quest, specifically for learning. It
introduced me to online study groups like openstudy.com and VoxSwap for learning
languages, which I’m very excited about. The specific activity that worked best for
learning with others to use social technologies were the forums on iLearn.
Angelina Molina

5. Exploration of Technologies
for Learning
1. Social Networking Quest
Being able to get peer feedback on the iLearn forums has been very helpful, especially in my criminal justice class this
semester. The forums have been a place where being required to respond to other peoples posts has served as a
positive experience for learning and has expanded my viewpoint as a sensing learner. I’m also able to be reflective and
work at my own pace through forums. Forums haven’t helped me visually since we only post text, but posted links to
visuals have helped me as a visual learner. Some classmates responded to posts by linking a youTube video.
2. Social Bookmarking Quest
I explored social bookmarking as a Learning Sage with delicious. I’ve never bookmarked sites this way, so it was a new
and very helpful tool to incorporate into my learning. Bookmarking sights through delicious will help me as a visual
learner by compiling information into specific categories that I can see and access from any location at any time.
Bookmarking for research papers will help me as a reflective learner by organizing all my fact based information into an
accessible way. I’m not sure how it would help me as a reflective learner.
3. Microblogging
I found microblogging to be helpful for learning in that it can be straight to the point in terms of being limited to a max of
140 characters on Twitter. I previously thought twitter and microblogging was for Hollywood gossip, but now I see the
extensive capabilities and learning opportunity. I think it accommodates my reflective learning style in that I can take the
time I need to think about and process a concept from biology class before I try out being active and seeking out
additional help from a larger study group. It also provides me with real-time messaging, so I can get an answer after I’ve
eliminated every option on my own. It also provides me with the option to work with others at my own pace. It doesn’t
really accommodate my visual learning style.
Angelina Molina

6. Synthesizing your Experience
 The social technology that interested me the most as a learning tool was social
bookmarking with delicious. I am a health education major and I have a lot of papers to
write so delicious will be very helpful for researching and writing papers. I like that I can
compile a list of sources and access them from any mobile device or computer, not just
the computer I primarily use. This makes it very convenient to retrieve information and
work on papers from anywhere. The social technology that surprised me the most as a
learning tool was FaceBook. I didn’t realize that people actually used FaceBook for
creating study groups & forums. This insight was helpful and now I can look on
FaceBook for study support. For me games & MMOGs don’t work as learning tools. I
would like to further explore using social networking for learning another language using
VoxSwap. I’ve been interested in expanding my Spanish speaking skills and I think it will
be extremely helpful to chat with others from all over the world.
 The social technology that worked best for my learning preference was iLearn forums.
As a reflective learner I am able to work at my own pace and look over other classmates
ideas.
Angelina Molina

7. What You'll Do Next
 I will continue to use my reflective, sensing, and visual learning strategies. I feel they
have been very effective for me thus far. However, I would also like to work on being an
active learner as well because I do sometimes take too long and overthink things rather
than just take a chance and shoot an answer out. I also would like to improve my skills
at working in groups and being more hands on to figure things out like active learners.
Adding this active component can only make me more successful. I can engage in
forums on Twitter, FaceBook, or iLearn. I currently use FaceBook to create events for
the clinic I volunteer at, so I’m not learning actual information but I am able to be
informed and inform other of the work that we do at our clinic on our page.
 I will continue to use social bookmarking with delicious for research and writing papers
as well as for personal use. Bookmarking is very effective for compiling and finding
relevant information that can be accessed anywhere from any device. I have already
bookmarked a few for use after this class. I can use social networking for personal use
through pinterest to show my interests and organize special events in my life such as a
wedding. The social technology I will avoid after this class is gaming. I don’t like gaming.
Maybe my son will get me into it as he gets older. I do know that it is effective for some
people such as my younger brother. He enjoys it.
Angelina Molina