Wednesday, March 27, 2013

MODULE IV :TECHNLOLOGY MEDIATED LEARNING

Technology Mediated Learning - Meaning
•          'Technology mediated learning' (TML) is an 'umbrella' term, incorporating different approaches to using computers in learning and teaching: computer-aided/assisted learning (CAL), computer-mediated communication (CMC) etc.
•          Technology-mediated learning refers to a learning experience that is significantly moderated through the use of information and communication technology.
•          Advanced information and communication technology is increasingly viewed as a key resource in enabling Technology-mediated learning in  education.
E-resources
•          E-resources are those resources which include documents in electronic or e-format that can be accessed via Internet in digital library environment.
•          E-resources may be delivered on CD-ROM / DVD, over the Internet and so on.
e-Learning - Meaning
•          e-Learning is the use of technology to enable people to learn anytime and anywhere.
•          E-Learning is the process of delivering formal and informal learning and training activities and events through the use of all electronic media such as Internet, intranet, extranet, CD-ROM, video tape, TV, cell phones, computer technology, etc.
e-Learning - Definition
•          “E-learning refers to the use of the internet technologies to deliver a broad array of solutions that enhance knowledge and performance”               -   Rosenberg (2001)
•          "E-Learning means the delivery of learning with the assistance of interactive, electronic technology, whether offline or online."
Features & Impact of e-Learning
•          Learning is self-paced and gives students a chance to speed up or slow down as necessary.
•          Learning is self-directed, allowing students to choose content and tools appropriate to their differing interests, needs, and skill levels.
•          Accommodates multiple learning styles using a variety of delivery methods geared to different learners; more effective for certain learners.
•          Geographical barriers are eliminated, opening up broader education options.
•          24/7 accessibility makes scheduling easy and allows a greater number of people to attend classes.
•          On-demand access means learning can happen precisely when needed.
•          Travel time and associated costs (parking, fuel, vehicle maintenance) are reduced or eliminated.
•          Overall student costs are frequently less (tuition, residence, food, child care).
•          Fosters greater student interaction and collaboration.
•          Fosters greater student/instructor contact.
•          Enhances computer and Internet skills.
e-Learning - Types
•          Off-line Learning
•          On-line Learning
–         Synchronous on-line learning
–         Asynchronous on-line learning
Off-line Learning
•          Off-line : When a computer or other device is not turned on or connected to other devices, it is said to be ‘off-line’
•          Offline can also mean not being connected to the Internet.
•          “Off-line learning refers to the use of the off-line                 e-resources to deliver a broad array of solutions that enhance knowledge and performance”
•          Offline Learning expands the learning experience to remote students who are not connected to a network.
Off-line learning -Importance
•          E-learning is possible without internet connection.
•          Individualized learning is possible.
•          Enhance multisensory  and multimedia approach.
•          Learner can learn according to his own learning pace.
•          Learner can access valid information.
•          Increases learning effectiveness.
•          Is more appealing over traditional, lecture-based teaching methods.
•          Frees the learner from routine tasks.
•          Creates interest in students.
On-line learning
•          Online learning can be defined as an approach to learning that utilizes Internet technologies to communicate and collaborate in an educational context.
•          This includes technology that supplements traditional classroom learning with web-based components and learning environments where the educational process is experienced online.
Synchronous on-line learning
•          Synchronous online learning those that require students and instructors to be online at the same time.
•          Lectures, discussions, and presentations occur at a specific hour.
•          All students must be online at that specific hour in order to participate.
•          Synchronous on-line learning takes place through online lessons guided by the instructor using video conferencing, Internet radio and chat where the students login in real-time with the teacher.
Synchronous Online learning Elements
•          Text Chatting
•          Voice Chatting
•          Video conferencing
•          Web conferencing
•          Internet radio
Asynchronous on-line learning
•          Asynchronous on-line learning allows the learner to complete web-based learning at their own pace, without live interaction with the instructor.
•          Instructors provide materials, lectures, tests, and assignments that can be accessed at any time.
•          Students may be given a timeframe – usually a one week window – during which they need to connect at least once or twice with instructors.
Asynchronous Online learning Elements
•          Virtual Libraries/Repositories of Documents, Presentations, Graphics, Audio Files, and Video
•          E-Mail
•          Discussion Boards
•          Social Networking
•          e-Portfolios
On-line learning -Importance
•          Enhancing student-to-student and faculty-to-student communication.
•          Enabling student-centered teaching approaches.
•          Providing 24/7 accessibility to course materials.
•          Providing just-in-time methods to evaluate student progress.
•          Shy and anxious students feel more comfortable expressing ideas.
•          Instructors are more accessible
•          Online learning environments permit the instructor to build one course, yet implement a variety of resources, so students can utilize materials in whichever way works best for them.
•          Accommodate different learning styles
•          Provide opportunities for exploration (A careful systematic search)
•          Continual access to materials
•          Remove the necessity of physical attendance
•          Utilize time efficiently
•          Reduce faculty workload
Moodle
•          Moodle is a software package for producing Internet-based courses and web sites.
•          Moodle (abbreviation for Modular Object-Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment) is a free source e-learning software platform, also known as a Virtual Learning Environment (VLE).
•          Moodle was originally developed by Martin Dougiamas to help educators create online courses
•          The design and development of Moodle is guided by a "social constructionist pedagogy".
•          Constructionism asserts that learning is particularly effective when constructing something for others to experience.
features of Moodle
•          Assignment submission
•          Discussion forum
•          Files download
•          Moodle instant messages
•          Online calendar
•          Online news and announcement
•          Online quiz
Chatting
•          Online chat may refer to any kind of communication over internet, that offers a real-time direct transmission of text-based messages from sender to receiver.
•          Through chatting you can share all the stuff in your mind and videos, photos, files in your PC.
•          It just require you a PC, internet connection and a chatting software.
•          Online chat may address point-to-point communication as well as multicast communication.
•          Types of chat – Text Chat, Voice Chat, Video Chat etc.
List of Most Common Chat Programs
•          Facebook Messenger
•          Fring
•          Google Talk
•          MSN Messenger
•          Paltalk Messenger
•          Skype
•          Windows Live Messenger
•          Yahoo! Instant Messenger
Chatting - Importance
•          provides the opportunity to interact and learn with and from people from different cultures.
•          Collaborative learning towards knowledge construction.
•          No restrictions regarding location.
•          Can chat and talk with same minded friends online
•          Can take various classes like teaching, cooking, and many other classes as well through chat.
•          Made world as a small village for the internet users.
•          The chatting engines have made the communication very simple and affordable for the people.
•          To share and gain information
E-mail
•          What is e-mail?
•          E-mail implies electronic mail.
•          It is a system through which messages can be send between computers that are linked electronically over a network.
•          The e-mail address will have two parts to it
•          Username
•          Domain name
Essential things for sending e-mail.
•          Internet connection
•          Address (e-mail account) of the sender.
•          Address (e-mail account) of the receiver.
•          The content of the message.
How to have an e-mail account in Yahoo . com?
•          Open the browser.
•          Go to the site by typing on the location. (www.yahoo.com)
•          Click on ‘Create Email Account’ button.
•          An Account creation form will be displayed
•          Enter all information.
•          After filling up all the information, click on ‘Create My Account’ button.
How to handle incoming e-mails?
•          Open the browser.
•          Go to the site.
•          Click on e-mail button.
•          Enter your e-mail address and password.
•          Click on ‘sign in’ or press ‘enter’ button.
•          Various buttons like compose, send, forward, reply will be displayed.
•          To see the e-mail, click on ‘inbox’.
•          Mail can be read by double clicking on that mail.
How to handle incoming e-mails?
•          To send an e-mail
–         Click on ‘compose’ button.
–         Enter receiver’s address in ‘To address’ box.
–         Type the message and Click on ‘send’ button.
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•          To reply
–         Click on ‘reply’ button.
–         Type the message and Click on ‘send’ button.
•          To forward the e-mail
–         Click on ‘forward’ button.
–         Enter receiver’s address in ‘to address’ box and Click on ‘send' button.
blog
•          A blog (web log) is a discussion or informational site published on the World Wide Web ‘posts’ typically displayed in reverse chronological order (the most recent post appears first).
•          A majority of blogs are interactive, allowing visitors to leave comments and even message.
•          A typical blog combines text, images, videos and link to other blogs and websites and other media related to its topic.
•          Authoring a blog, maintaining a blog or adding an article to an existing blog is called blogging.
•          Individual article on the blog are called ‘blog posts’ or ‘posts’ or ‘entries’.
•          A person post these entries is called ‘blogger’
Blog - Types
•          Personal blogs
•          Micro blogs
•          Corporate and organizational blogs
•          By genre
–         political blogs
–         health blogs
–         travel blogs
–         fashion blogs
–         project blogs
–         education blogs
–         classical music blogs
•          Reverse blog (A Reverse Blog is composed by its users rather than a single blogger)
•          By media type
–         Vblogs
–         Photo blogs
–         Link blogs
–         typecast blogs
–         Tumblelogs (Blogs with shorter posts and mixed media types
Blog - Importance
•          A blog is a webpage that serve as a publically accessible journal for an individual.
•          Students can quickly catch-up if they miss a class.
•          The teacher can use the blog as a course plan.
•          Student can use blog as reference area.
•           blogs can be used to motivate students to do more reading and encourage them to improve their writing style.
•          Blogs can be used to bring out the diversity in the class room in terms of learning style.
Top 10 Free Online Blogging Platforms
•          WordPress.com
•          Blog.com
•          Blogger
•          TypePad Micro
•          Jux
•          Tumblr
•          Posterous Spaces
•          Blogetery
•          Weebly
•          LiveJournal
Teleconference
•          Definition: Teleconferencing is an aggregation of audio conferencing, video conferencing, and data conferencing (refers to a communication session among two or more participants sharing computer data in real time. ), and includes multiple participants in a live real-time session.          
•          Teleconferencing consists of a live real time session between multiple participants with the ability to hear and see each other as well as share data and applications.
Teleconferencing - Type
•          Teleconferencing may be classified into three according to the use of media
–         Audio teleconferencing
–         Video teleconferencing
–         Computer Teleconference
–         Audio graphic teleconferencing
•          Audio Teleconference:
–         Voice-only; sometimes called conference calling. Interactively links people in remote locations via telephone lines.
•          Video Teleconference:
–         Combines audio and video to provide voice communications and video images. Can be one-way video/two-way audio, or two-way video/two-way audio. It can display anything that can be captured by a TV camera
•          Computer Teleconference:
–         Uses telephone lines to connect two or more computers and modems. Anything that can be done on a computer can be sent over the lines. It can be synchronous or asynchronous.
•          Audiographics Teleconference:
–         Uses narrowband telecommunications channels to transmit visual information such as graphics, alpha-numerics, documents, and video pictures as an adjunct to voice communication
Skype
•          Skype is a proprietary (Protected by trademark or patent or copyright)  VoIP (voice over Internet Protocol) service and software application.
Skype - Features
•          Registered users of Skype are identified by a unique Skype Name, and may be listed in the Skype directory.
•          Skype allows these registered users to communicate through both instant messaging and voice chat.
•          Voice chat allows telephone calls between pairs of users and conference calling
•          Skype's text chat client allows group chats, emoticons, storing chat history and editing of previous messages.
•          Offline messages were implemented in a beta of version 5, but removed after a few weeks without notification.
•          Skype service allows Skype users to receive calls on their computers dialed by conventional phone subscribers to a local Skype phone number.
•          Skype supports conference calls up to 25 people at a time.
•          Group video calling is available for Premium subscribers between a maximum of 10 people.
•          Skype has 663 million registered users as of EOY 2010.
Skype - Educational use
•          Skype is being used to facilitate language exchange.
•          Teachers are using Skype in unique ways to fulfill educational goals.
•          The videoconferencing aspect of the software is provides a way to connect students who speak different languages and reach out to experts in varying fields of study.
•          It provides teachers with a way to make their classrooms more interactive and interesting.
•          teachers and students can meet other students, talk to experts, and share ideas.
•          Teachers can collaborate with other teachers around the world and design different learning experiences for their students.
Sunclock
•          Sunclock is a software application that delineates the countries experiencing day or night at a given time on a world map using light and shade.
•          Time differences across countries, distances between regions, and longitudes and latitudes of various places are available on Sunclock.
•          Sunclock offers geographical information including positions of the sun and the moon at a given time on a given day.
K-Star
•          K-Star is free, open source Astronomy software.
•          It provides an accurate graphical simulation of the night sky, from any location of the earth, at ant date and time.
•          The display includes up to 100 million stars, 13000 deep sky objects, all 8 planets, the Sun and Moon, and thousand of comets and asteroids.
•          Helps to explore the Universe.
•          Helps to access information on sky objects.
•          Helps to print high quality, highly customizable star charts at different zoom level for each object.
Role of the Teacher in Computer Mediated Learning
•          Helps to search for information.
•          Helps to analyze the learning materials.
•          Helps in editing the information.
•          Helps in presentation of information.
•          Provides feedback.
•          Gives directions for the effective use of I.T

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