Assignment 1 (ICT)

1. Weaving a Personal Web: Using online technologies to
create customized, connected, and dynamic learning
environments
Written by Jessica McElvaney and Zane Berge (2009)
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Presented by Sukma Putra (2102493)

2. Preview and outcomes:
This presentation will describe how personal web
technologies (PWTs) can be used by learners and the
relationship between PWTs and connectivist learning
principles. Several technologies including social
bookmarking tools, personal publishing platforms,
metagators and aggregators are also included in this
presentation.
With these tools, individual can create and manage
personal learning environments (PLEs) and personal
learning networks (PLNs), which have the potential to
become powerful resources for academic, professional,
and personal development.
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3. Presentation outline :
1. Brief introduction about personal web technologies
(PWTs), how to maximise PWTs
2. The type of PWTs
3. Learning application of PWTs
4. Challenges using PWTs
5. Discussion
6. Conclusion
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4. What is PWTs :
PWT is “customized, personal web-based environments
.... that explicitly supports one’s social, professional,
learning and other activities via highly personalized
windows to the networked world”
(The 2009 Horizon Report)
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5. Maximise PWTs for
connectivism & continuous
learning :
Visualization of a web-based PLE “If individuals can
sufficiently develop
their ability to find,
organize, and
manage these
connections, their
available knowledge
does not have to be
limited by the
confines of their
own skulls.”
(McElvaney & Berg,
2009)
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6. Type of PWTs :
1. Social Bookmarking
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7. Type of PWTs (cont.) :
2. Personal Publishing Tools
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8. Type of PWTs (cont.) :
3. Aggregators
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9. Type of PWTs (cont.) :
4. Metagators
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10. Learning application of PWTs :
Linear Learning, a Teacher selects and presents
the content to the students. Barriers? Filter the
content to avoid misleading information
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11. Learning application of PWTs
(cont.) :
Non-linear
learning;
Students
receives info
from many
sources, they
should filter,
critique and
manage external
info
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12. Five potential disadvantages of
using PWTs for Learning
1. Connection addiction
2. Work interrupted
3. Popularity contests
4. Echo chambers
5. Privacy and security concerns
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13. Discussion
1. What other disadvantages using PWTs in learning
(for teachers and students)?
2. Which learning method is better for teaching, is it
linear or non-linear? Give reason!
3. Many students know about the PWTs, however
they do not really know the potential and the
benefit from the deep learning of PWTs, what do
you (as a teacher) think to solve this problem?
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14. Conclusion
When learners adopt personal web technologies, it
enables and requires them to discard their roles as
passive consumers of information and to take on new
roles.
While teachers and trainers can encourage the use of
PWTs and aid in the development of the related skills
needed to use them, the true quality and effectiveness
of a PLE or PLN depends on the learner him/herself. For
self-directed, critical-thinking individuals, personal web
technologies present a range of new learning
possibilities.
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15. Reference
McElvaney,J., & Berge,Z. (2009). Weaving a personal web:
Using online technologies to create customized, connected,
and dynamic learning environments. Canadian Journal of
Learning and Technologies, 35(2).
Available from
http://www.cjlt.ca/index.php/cjlt/article/view/524/257
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