This week I had to create my own profile wiki. It was a simple and effective activity that made me feel comfortable in starting my learning journey through scaffolds like wikis. Firstly, I watched the instructional web video on how to edit a wiki. This was my first engagement with ICTs and I was excited because it was different to any learning design that I had used before. This communication tool was my teacher. Once I got to edit my wiki there were blurbs that prompted me in what to say. For my own personal experience, I was able to reflect on why I am doing this course and how valuable it is to share my story with others so we can help each other progress thorough this course, keep on the right track and give each other support. It was a great way to personalise my work and relate the activity to a real-life situation.
There are many links from the profile wiki to the leaning theory. I have discussed, evaluated and made judgements on how these learning theories have developed within this activity. The use of the learning theory, constructivism (Mergel, 1998) is evident in this activity. This learning theory bases the learning experience around internal experiences that each person has had. Through my own personal experiences I have endured, I drew knowledge from those experiences to make sense and meaning of the questions that were in the profile wiki. I felt highly involved and active in the wiki.
The learning theory cognitivism is visible as well. I learnt by reading and collecting knowledge through other profile wikis. I processed their information on their profile and by using this thinking process it helped me to relate some of my personal experiences back to my answers. I drew information from my own schemas and made connections to the profile questions.
Behaviourism is a learning theory which uses external experiences to produce a set of learning outcomes. There are external consequences for my learning. This particular activity was a part of the requirements of the week’s work. This wiki introduced me to how I can interact and share my profile with fellow students. My reward in doing this wiki is to meet other peers in my course who share the same interests as me and through this learning behaviour I now can receive and give support to other students throughout the course. Connectivism (Siemens, 2004) is the learning theory that I drew upon to connect and network with other learners profile wikis. It was so easy to access other people’s profiles they were all in the one online space which easily aided me in getting to know other learners. In order to answer my profile wiki blurbs, I drew on schemas that have been challenged, refined over due course that related to my own experiences and views on values and beliefs. I did not need to get information from a source or do any readings to answer the questions in my profile wiki. The comment I can make in regards to connectivism is that I viewed other peoples profile wikis to view their answers which helped me facilitate my own answers.
I feel that this profile wiki meets a wide range of diverse students. This particular eLearning design caters for all students. Everyone can relate to the questions. It is about detailing and documenting your very own personal information and experiences. Every student has a story to tell about themselves and through the wiki all students can connect and collaborate within the profile wiki. This wiki, I believed may have helped shy people to come out of their shell and disclose their answers freely. An online space like a profile wiki, doesn’t force people to be impulsive, you can answer the questions in your own time, save it as a draft and think about your answers before posting it.
The design of this activity as an online eLearning strategy has been an important scaffolding technique towards learning and developing connections to other students. We have been able to connect with people that have similar interests or that have extraordinary interests. We are making connections with our fellow peers, this helps to form a sense of camaraderie and trust, and also, we have a support network within the course.
I was not concerned with my privacy, I am naturally an open person, so expressing and disclosing my life with my peers was not daunting as such. From this I have gained great course friends and learnt that a small task, like a profile wiki, has its benefits. What a great way to express who I was and relate to others in my course.
There are many links from the profile wiki to the leaning theory. I have discussed, evaluated and made judgements on how these learning theories have developed within this activity. The use of the learning theory, constructivism (Mergel, 1998) is evident in this activity. This learning theory bases the learning experience around internal experiences that each person has had. Through my own personal experiences I have endured, I drew knowledge from those experiences to make sense and meaning of the questions that were in the profile wiki. I felt highly involved and active in the wiki.
The learning theory cognitivism is visible as well. I learnt by reading and collecting knowledge through other profile wikis. I processed their information on their profile and by using this thinking process it helped me to relate some of my personal experiences back to my answers. I drew information from my own schemas and made connections to the profile questions.
Behaviourism is a learning theory which uses external experiences to produce a set of learning outcomes. There are external consequences for my learning. This particular activity was a part of the requirements of the week’s work. This wiki introduced me to how I can interact and share my profile with fellow students. My reward in doing this wiki is to meet other peers in my course who share the same interests as me and through this learning behaviour I now can receive and give support to other students throughout the course. Connectivism (Siemens, 2004) is the learning theory that I drew upon to connect and network with other learners profile wikis. It was so easy to access other people’s profiles they were all in the one online space which easily aided me in getting to know other learners. In order to answer my profile wiki blurbs, I drew on schemas that have been challenged, refined over due course that related to my own experiences and views on values and beliefs. I did not need to get information from a source or do any readings to answer the questions in my profile wiki. The comment I can make in regards to connectivism is that I viewed other peoples profile wikis to view their answers which helped me facilitate my own answers.
I feel that this profile wiki meets a wide range of diverse students. This particular eLearning design caters for all students. Everyone can relate to the questions. It is about detailing and documenting your very own personal information and experiences. Every student has a story to tell about themselves and through the wiki all students can connect and collaborate within the profile wiki. This wiki, I believed may have helped shy people to come out of their shell and disclose their answers freely. An online space like a profile wiki, doesn’t force people to be impulsive, you can answer the questions in your own time, save it as a draft and think about your answers before posting it.
The design of this activity as an online eLearning strategy has been an important scaffolding technique towards learning and developing connections to other students. We have been able to connect with people that have similar interests or that have extraordinary interests. We are making connections with our fellow peers, this helps to form a sense of camaraderie and trust, and also, we have a support network within the course.
I was not concerned with my privacy, I am naturally an open person, so expressing and disclosing my life with my peers was not daunting as such. From this I have gained great course friends and learnt that a small task, like a profile wiki, has its benefits. What a great way to express who I was and relate to others in my course.
Mergel, B. (1998). Instructional Design & Learning Theory. Retrieved from
http://www.usask.ca/education/coursework/802papers/mergel/brenda.htm#The%20Basics%20of%20Behaviorism
Siemens, G. (2004). Connectivism: a learning theory for the digital age, 1-5.
Retrieved from http://www.elearnspace.org/Articles/connectivism.htm
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