Lost in the Web 2.0 jungle

Dron, Jon; Bhattacharya, Madhumita

doi:10.1109/icalt.2007.181

Cited by 6 publications

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“…Additionally, learners may be unaware that tools exist for particular tasks-requiring assistance from others. If teachers and learners do not perceive themselves as technically savvy, this information may be overwhelming (Shepherd & Hannafin, in press;Dron & Bhattacharya, 2007). The nature of Web 2.0 tools may further complications.…”

Section: Resource Overloadmentioning

confidence: 97%

“…In the process of personalizing eportfolios for sustainability, institutional goals and objectives may be compromised. Dron and Bhattacharya (2007) claim that open-ended learning systems often run at odds with closely controlled institutional systems. Management issues like access, bandwidth requirements and aggregation abilities become more complicated (Van Harmelen, 2008;Zeichner & Wray, 2001).…”

Section: Assessment and System Integrationmentioning

confidence: 97%

“…Given the number of open-source and proprietary applications, it may be difficult to trouble-shoot implementations in academic settings (Dron & Bhattacharya, 2007). When locating tools to meet particular requirements (e.g., voice or video recording, image collection, presentation creation), quantity, varying feature sets and price options may overwhelm learners.…”

Section: Resource Overloadmentioning

confidence: 98%

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Rethinking Electronic Portfolios to Promote Sustainability among Teachers

Shepherd

Skrabut

2011

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Electronic portfolios (eportfolios) can increase reflection, develop content and pedagogy skills and facilitate communication between teachers and administrators. However, they have limitations. Despite resources that teacher institutions devote to eportfolios, research suggests that most implementations are of limited duration. In a climate where sustained professional development and lifelong learning are necessary to remain competitive, organizations should reevaluate how eportfolios are implemented to sustain use and maintain skills deemed important by teaching organizations. Using principles of change theory, this article identifies several eportfolio challenges and how they may be improved through principles of personal learning environments. Implementation procedures and limitations are also provided.

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Section: Resource Overloadmentioning

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Section: Assessment and System Integrationmentioning

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Section: Resource Overloadmentioning

confidence: 98%

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Skrabut

2011

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“…Recording has benefits and risks. Dron and Bhattacharya (2007) pointed out privacy issues and the perception of control while Kriz (2005) pointed out its usefulness for debriefing.…”

Section: Computer-based Gaming Simulationmentioning

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Avoiding crisis in communication: a computer-supported training approach for emergency management

Reuter

Pipek

Müller

2009

IJEM

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Crisis management requires stakeholders not only to show strategic, organisational preparedness for crisis events (e.g., by systematising and professionalising coping with work), but also to develop skills in dealing with unanticipated events and other stakeholders involved in the same crisis. They should not only rely on established information flows and behaviour patterns, but also be able to deal with situational aspects. This usually involves communication work within and between organisations involved in crisis management. We describe the practice of the crisis communication training of a German Electricity Provider (GEP) and the prototype we developed, implemented and evaluated. The collaborative training tool targets not only the local practice, but also interorganisational training that will allow improving the mutual understanding of communication practices and meeting the information needs of other stakeholders.

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Sustaining teacher control in a blog-based personal learning environment

Tomberg

Laanpere²,

Ley³

et al. 2013

IRRODL

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Various tools and services based on Web 2.0 (mainly blogs, wikis, social networking tools) are increasingly used in formal education to create personal learning environments, providing self-directed learners with more freedom, choice, and control over their learning. In such distributed and personalized learning environments, the traditional role of the teacher is being transformed into that of a facilitator. This change inevitably means a reduced level of control on the part of the teacher. This is evidenced, for example, in difficulties experienced in retaining the necessary levels of control when the learning process moves away from institutionally maintained systems to blog-based personal learning environments. In conducting a course in a formal education setting however, it is still essential for the teacher to retain control over certain learning activities, such as course enrolment, assignments, and the assessment process.A course management plug-in for the WordPress blog platform called LePress was designed and developed as a possible solution to this problem. By using LePress, teachers are able to more easily manage and coordinate courses in a distributed blog-based environment. Teachers are able to regain control over some important aspects of online course management, while maintaining the learners’ freedom and choice for self-directed learning. This paper documents the results of a survey of a group of 37 teachers who used LePress for at least six months. The study demonstrates that by using LePress, teachers experienced an enhanced level of control over several aspects of the course and this reinforced their perception about the ease of use of the system.

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Lost in the Web 2.0 jungle

Cited by 6 publications

References 3 publications

Rethinking Electronic Portfolios to Promote Sustainability among Teachers

Rethinking Electronic Portfolios to Promote Sustainability among Teachers

Avoiding crisis in communication: a computer-supported training approach for emergency management

Sustaining teacher control in a blog-based personal learning environment

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