Category: edci338

Celebration of Learning

In my celebration of learning post, I will discuss each of my learning outcome in this course by connecting my works with my classmates’ works to reveal my thoughts.

  • Examine the application of social media to support learning

There are a variety of social media platforms, and the application of social media have positively affects people’s learning. In terms of the major project of our group, we discussed how Weibo, as a useful social media, support our learning. Specifically, we perceived that Weibo allows people to share their works and opinions on the main page, so that they are able to get some valuable feedbacks from others. People can also join specific groups on Weibo, such as reading groups and writing groups, which lead them to make more like-minded friends and learn the knowledge from each other. Besides, there are abundant sources of learning techniques and articles people shared on Weibo main page and Weibo groups related to learning, which help people to more easily and efficiently find useful learning sources and improve their learning. Moreover, in terms of other social media platforms to support people’s learning, YouTube is a vital one. According to our peers’ major project, people are able to watch academic tutorial videos from educators on YouTube, which allows people to enjoy the high quality teaching and acquire the useful knowledge, just like the same as in the face-to-face classrooms.

  • Explain personalized learning and its relation to learning theory

The article “Connectivism: A Learning Theory for the Digital Age” introduced a learning theory of personalized learning, which is connectivism. When I first looked at the word, connectivism, I was really curious about how it related to the learning types, and that was why I chose it to investigate on my second Wow and Wonder post. After reading the article, I perceived that connectivism is an individual activity, and technology allows individuals to connect with each other and connect with the online information sources, so that they are able to acquire abundant knowledge, even though they have limited personal experiences. My major project argued that Weibo is a useful social media for personalized learning. Learning on Weibo connects with the learning theory, connectivism, very well, and it demonstrated how the information and sources spread and become helpful for people’s learning. On Weibo, people can update their individual knowledge online, and the online feedbacks help them to obtain more knowledge. Wenzhuo also mentioned that the learning theory, connectivism, breaks down the existing structure of traditional classroom, since people come together to help each other to build new knowledge. Overall, the stronger the connection among others, the more chances people can acquire knowledge.

  • Recognize that the Internet is not a neutral or equal space for everyone

It is undoubtedly to say that the internet is not an equal space for everyone. According to the article “Visitors and Residents: A typology for online engagement”, being a visitor and being a resident of an online community offer different online privileges to the online users, and I also discussed it on my third Wow and Wonder post. Specifically, the internet residents are allowed to build social relationships with each other, and they are able to treat the internet as a place to communicate, work, and study. However, their personal information must be shown to others, since they have the digital identity. In terms of the internet visitors, they can hide their personal information, but their online rights are limited. For example, they cannot contact others and ask for help on the web when meeting questions. Overall, neither the internet residents nor the internet visitors enjoy all the rights of the internet. Moreover, Nick noticed that there is a difference between the elders and the youngers about using the internet on his Wow and Wonder(Week 4), He mentioned that since the younger generation grows up with the internet, they tend to use the internet easier than the older generation, which also reveals that the internet is not an equal space for everyone.

  • Apply social media to develop a personal learning network in support of your personal and/or professional development

My visitor and resident map on Wow and Wonder post 3 depicted how do I develop my personal learning network to support my personal and professional development. Throughout this course, I mainly use Google Docs to collaborate with my group members, so that we can express our ideas at the same time. In this course, I also learn to use the WordPress to post blogs, and think about my peers’ thoughts, according to their blogs, which allows me to see the different point of views of the same topic and have a deeper understanding of the learning content. For example, in terms of my showcase post 1, I commented on Jiahui’s Wow and Wonder post to connect and build my thoughts; meanwhile, Jiahui also discussed my ideas in her show case post 1. Moreover, Github is a useful tool for me to contact with my professor and my peers; it also allow me to upload pictures and write the contents related to Weibo to finish my major project, which is mainly about how Weibo supports and exists in people’s life, and the benefits and limitations of this type of social media. In a nutshell, I applied these social medias to develop me personal network, in order to support my professional development.

  • Identify privacy issues and practice online behaviours that are legal, safe, consensual, and ethical

On my Wow and Wonder post 3, the Visitor and Resident typology concerned with people’s privacy issues, which aroused my interested a lot. The article “Visitors and Residents: A new typology for online engagement” revealed that motivations and goals that are related to online behaviours resulted in identity privacy issues. For those people who want to build social relationship with others on social media, their personal information are shown to others, such as interests, locations, and telephone numbers, which lead to a privacy issue. Besides, on Mia’s Wow and Wonder post 2, she argued that social network makes the privacy issues to be more alarming. I really agree with her, and I also discussed this privacy issue in my Wow and Wonder post 6. Specifically, based on the short films from  Screening Surveillance, such as tresdancing, I noticed that the surveillance had recorded too much personal information, which might cause detrimental impacts on people’s life. For example, if people’s personal data is illegally used by the organizations, their exposed locations may lead them in danger.

  • Recognize data ownership and licensing (Creative Commons, Copyright, Fair Dealing, and Public Domain) as a core practice when creating, sharing, or using resources online

According to our group’s major project, people have to cite the reference of the vital content on Weibo, and the posted content should comply with the set rules, lows, and regulations. Many users perceive the importance of data ownership and licensing, and if the information sharer does not cite the original reference of the data, Weibo system and even other Weibo users would report the fact to the Weibo examiners, so that it will be prevented from appearing and be deleted on the Weibo page. People’s reaction demonstrates that the data ownership and licensing have play a vital role in people’s life, and more and more people start to recognize the importance of data ownership and licensing. Besides, Mia mentions there are many copyright concerns on Tik Tok, since Tik Tok has the license agreements with many artists. In order to avoid the copyright issues, people have to make sure the music in their videos comes from Tik Tok.

  • Practice digital, networked, and open literacies in support of learning about social media and personalized learning

The article “Developing Personal Learning Networks for Open and Social Learning” in Emerging Technologies in Distance Education discusses that teachers are sharing free and open knowledge, by using the free learning tools and softwares, to teach students the course contents, so that students are able to build their personal learning networks for the collaboration of their learning. In other words, since the online and open learning supports and uses the digital, networked, and open literacies, people can acquire the knowledge for their personalized learning and learn more about how beneficial social media is in people’s personalized learning. Moreover, connecting with my Wow and Wonder post 7, I perceive that the personalized learning of the digital, networked, and open literacies are influenced by different learning motivations and vital life experiences for adults, which means that the specific learning content about social medial and personalized learning, sometimes, depends on people’s jobs and personal life. In Miah’s Wow and Wonder post, she discussed that we, as university students, chose to take the courses that are related to us and helpful in our lives; this concept is very similar to the adult online learning about the networked and open literacies.

In a nutshell, I have completed all the learning outcomes of this course; meanwhile, I learned a lot of useful social medias, techniques, and learning theories in this course, which will benefit me in my future university learning. Besides, I really like the warm learning atmosphere of this course. Thank you for my professor and my group members, they always nicely and patiently listened to my thoughts, which encouraged and motivated me a lot when I was hesitated or nervous to express my ideas.

Wow and Wonder 6

After I watched the two short films tresdancing and Frames, I perceived:

Wow: 

  • The Surveillance is beneficial because it allows people to avoid potential harms.
  • The Surveillance can cause destructive issues since it has recorded too much personal information of our life.
  • These two movies raise my awareness about the possibilities organizations illegally use the data from surveillance to cause problems in people’s life. For example, their locations can be exposed through the data, so that they are in danger. 
  • Even though the surveillance is strong enough to collect enough personal and private information, sometimes, it is still difficult to explain people’s actions.

Wonder:

  • I wonder how can people avoid feeling anxious when the surveillance is everywhere. Some people think they do not have privacy any more.
  • In the future, if the surveillance becomes a persuasive system and it will bring much benefits and conveniences in people’s life, how can they avoid being persuaded to do wrong actions, such as cheating.

Reference link:

https://www.screeningsurveillance.com/

Wow and Wonder 5

The differences between propaganda and ampliganda are worthwhile to be noticed.

Wow:

  • Propaganda basically indicates a persuasive communication with an agenda, which means that the governments, authority figures, institutions ,and mass media are forcing ideas on the public; it is a top down process of spreading information. Sometimes, propaganda adopts deceiving the citizens and amplifying the facts for achieving a goal.
  • Ampliganda refers trust the charismatic individuals more, rather than the governments and authority figures. It is a bottom up process of spreading information.  

Overall, both of propaganda and ampliganda can cause destructive effects in people’s life by spreading fake information for achieving some purposes.

Wonder:

  • I wonder how can the public avoid the misinformation and disinformation, and I would like to investigate this topic further. 

Related link:

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/10/disinformation-propaganda-amplification-ampliganda/620334/

Wow and Wonder 7

The article “ Developing Personal Learning Networks for Open and Social Learning” introduced an adult learning theory, which aroused my interest a lot.

Wow:

  • Adult learning theory is also called andragogy
  • The theory indicates the difference between adults’ learning and children’s learning, and it emphasizes that the different learning motivations and vital life experiences has a great impact on adults’ learning process
  • Principles that support adult learning:
  1. Adult should engage in the planning and evaluation of the instruction
  2. Experiences, includes mistakes, help their learning
  3. Their learning purposes are related to their job and personal life
  4. Adult learning is problem-centered; it focuses on solving problems

Wonder:

  • I wonder that if the teenagers can adopt the adult learning theory in their life.

Reference link:

https://www.aupress.ca/app/uploads/120177_99Z_Veletsianos_2010-Emerging_Technologies_in_Distance_Education.pdf

Digital Identity, Access and Inclusion, and Media Literacy (including Trust and Disinformation)

✔️ Digital Identity

I usually present myself as a resident of social media and I share my age, hobbies, and occupation(student) identity on Weibo‘s personal data page, which allow Weibo to recommend and present more relevant information of my interested topics. On Weibo, I have separate identities, and they help me reach different goals. Specifically, one is for my entertainment(my personal use), and the other one is for my studying use. Meanwhile, I do not integrate those two identities. On my Weibo’s studying account, I have subscribed many educators and teachers in different areas, such as piano technical teachers, grammar teachers, and oral English teachers. They usually share their knowledge for free, and they adopt a variety of useful methods to help the learners for all ages study in fun. Since this Weibo identity is only for my studying, Weibo homepage usually recommend some academic and educational videos, which helps me immerse myself in learning. In terms of my identity for entertainment, I use it for watching humorous videos and looking at the entertainment news and events. In addition, while Weibo is adopted for my studying and entertainment, I also use WeChat to contact my family and friends. Overall, depending on different needs, I am also a resident of other platforms.

✔️ Access and Inclusion

Weibo is a platform to help people know and get along with the like-minded people. In terms of the disabled people, they are able to send voice messages and recording their daily stories to make like-minded friends. Meanwhile, disabled people can also be a live streaming host and a daily-story sharer by posting videos, which help them earn salaries to support their life. The more views on their videos, the more money they can earn. Meanwhile, Weibo offers online shopping. Selling something on Weibo by the help of their family also allows the disabled people to engage in their community and have a good quality life. Besides, for those people who might be excluded, subscribing them and clicking the “Like” button are good ways to easily find them and their videos. At the same time, I choose to post videos rather than texting words so that even though for the disabled people can enjoy its content.

✔️ Media Literacy, Trust, and Disinformation

Weibo has content moderation policies, and anything related to pornographic, illegal, infringing and fake content will be reported and blocked by the system and auditors. At the same time, there are some trusted links and resources posted by the country’s official accounts, which is the first place to visit and acquire information. In order to avoid spreading the disinformation as misinformation, reposting the information from the convincing and official accounts and label the information reference is worthwhile to be noticed.

Wow and Wonder 4

From the inclusion and disability perspective, inclusion concerns with an evolution of time, and what is the “real” inclusion arouses my interests a lot. That’s why I chose this topic to discuss.

Wow:

  • The evolutional timeline: Exclusion-> Segregation->Integration->Inclusion
  • Equitable access to community when learning is the goal for inclusion. Specifically, Shelley Moore and Leyton Schnellert discuss that rather than physically integrated in classes and schools, students with disabilities have equitable access to classrooms and schools, which means all students in classrooms and schools have roles and responsibilities to meaningfully connect to their peers.
  • Shelley Moore and Leyton Schnellert share their thoughts through the book(One without the other: Stories of unity through diversity and inclusion) and Youtube videos, which are useful ways to express their thoughts to the public and make more people care about the inclusion.

Wonder:

  • After inclusion, what is the next step of inclusive evolution? Or is there have another evolution happening in inclusion? I would like to investigate more a about that.

Evolution of Time

Pages 6-12 of One without the other: Stories of unity through diversity and inclusion

Videos: Transforming Inclusive Education

The Evolution of Inclusion

Showcase 1

In “Visitors and Residents: A new typology for online engagement“, Dave and Alison argue that technology, especially for social media, offers people digital identities; digital identities, such as a visitor and a resident of the Web, allow them to achieve their goal in communication, work, and study areas. Besides, I would like to investigate the difference between two identities and the privacy issues for digital users.

In terms of difference between two identities, I am interested in how the residents could help people in their life. Dave and Alison mention that being a resident helps people to construct social relationship with others, such as their families, friends, classmates, or even strangers with common interests. For example, people could share ideas in time by posting a blog, and they could also ask questions and make friends when using Facebook and Instagram. However, for those people who choose to be visitors of a Web, they simply seem social media as a tool to help their learning by searching relevant information without logging in it.

Furthermore, the difference between two identities also relates to people’s privacy issues. It is easier for digital residents to expose personal information, such as searching history, hobbies, and even home locations, rather than a visitor. Meanwhile, Dave and Alison argue that visitors could hide their personal information to others when they are looking at the Web. Samantha Ellis in her Wow and Wonder blog discusses that even though it is fun to contact with others as a resident, she still prefers to be a visitor because she would like to limit her private information online. I really agree with her idea to be a visitor, when we just use social media as a tool to study and know the world.

However, sometimes, it is inevitable for people to be a resident. Specifically, when people use Email to contact teachers and bosses, they are required to be a resident; when people adopt CIBC Online Banking to pay for daily fees, and even online shopping, they are residents of those social media. Jiahui Chen in her Wow and Wonder blog points out the existence of hackers. If hackers gets people’s private information, there is a serious problem. I hold with Jiahui Chen‘s thoughts. For those people who are using social media to make a payment, it is possible for hackers to steal card password and even deposits.

In a nutshell, there are difference between being a visitor and being a resident. Even though being a visitor is helpful to hide people’s private information, it is still unavoidable to be a resident when people are studying and working. Furthermore, the information exposure could lead people get into trouble.

Reference :

https://cmadland.github.io/edci338-202201/articles.html#visitors-and-residents-a-new-typology-for-online-engagement

Wow and Wonder 3

In terms of online communities and activities, Visitors and Residents typology also concerns with people’s privacy issues, which arouses my interests a lot. That’s why I chose this topic to discuss.

Wow:

  • Motivations and goals could also help people decide which online identity they are belonging.
  • For those people who do not want an online identity, they could choose to be a visitor to a specific Web, which allows them to hide their personal information to others and at the same time achieve their goals. For example, taking online classes.
  • Residents use the Web to build their social relationship with others; they treat the Web as a place to communicate, work, and study. Therefore, their personal information could be shown to others, since they have a digital identity.

Wonder:

  • I would like to investigate more about how to protect ourselves from identity theft.

Here is the article I am writing about:

https://cmadland.github.io/edci338-202201/articles.html#visitors-and-residents-a-new-typology-for-online-engagement

Here is my own Visitor/Resident map:

Wow and Wonder 2

Wow:

When I first looked at this word, connectivism, it aroused my interest. I was really curious about how it related to learning types. That was why I chose it to discuss.

Specifically, it is an individual activity. Since personal experiences are limited for people to gain abundant knowledge, technology allows individuals to connect with each other and connect with the online information sources. The stronger the connection is, the more chances people could acquire knowledge. Furthermore, companies could also adopt connectivism to learn and make progress. While individuals’ knowledge are updated online, online feedback helps people to obtain more knowledge. Therefore, the connection is vital for people’s learning.

Wonder:

In terms of connectivism, I want to investigate more about how non-human appliances allow people to learn.

Here is the link I am writing about:

https://cmadland.github.io/edci338-202201/articles.html#connectivism-a-learning-theory-for-the-digital-age

Wow and Wonder 1

Personal Learning Network ( PLN) is a new jargon I just learned, and its meaning is different than what I thought at first. That ‘s why I chose this topic to discuss.

Wow:

  • I guessed PLN could be a specific website for personal online studying. However, in fact, it refers to much more broad, complexed and deep concepts. Specifically, each person has an unique PLN, since each one has preferred contacting partners, preferred electronic devices, and preferred information sources; PLN allows people study at their preferred time and locations.
  • Since the advancement of technology and the changing of the world are faster than our information acquisition from existing learning institutions, using PLN is vital and helpful for people to adapt to this fast-changing world.

Wonder:

  • In terms of the PLN, I am interested in the digital literacies we could develop. I wondered how its look like, and how could people improve it.
  • I would like to investigate offline identity further.

Here is the link I am writing about:

https://www.futurelearn.com/info/courses/learning-network-age/0/steps/24644

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