Web 2.0 Exploration

      The last assignment of PLN paper helps me reflect my personal and professional networks to find PLNS and write about one of them. It came to my realization that I don't have many PLNs to write about. The fact made me contemplate further with some interesting learning points.     PLNs can be abundant or poor, depending on how strategically we are in approaching and creating a network of resources and people. Purpose needs to be clear. Execution needs to be consistent. Interrelationship of tools, people, materials, etc. needs to be established for a whole system. In many cases, my communities or resources can't be called a PLN, as they lack one of those strategies. I made new connections without clear purposes. Resources were scattering everywhere without a curation tool and activity to connect the dots. That also means that there are great potentials to develop PLNs from my existing resources and communities.     Quality over quantity. I...

    There are new tools that I have just known from the course and some familiar ones that I have tried for a while. Here is my favorite list: - GroupMe (a MS-backed group messaging tool): It is similar as Slack or WhatsApp in features of group messaging (chat, audio/ video call, attach files of different formats, etc.) What I like about GroupMe is its simplicity of interface, no charge required, and free storage of information. Slack only allows free users to store chats and files within a given period, after which the stored information will be deleted. - Padlet (a collaborative board creation tool): This is a simple collaborative tool that helps me facilitate brainstorming sessions, call for group reflection or discussion, and generate my personal categorized work space for free. It is like Trello, Jira or Asana but cheaper and simpler for casual use cases. - Pocket (a curation tool to save resources in one place): I am going to explore Pocket further to determine if it can...

      There are many lessons learnt during the Web 2.0 course, but here are my top three: Ending with a beginning statement of Week 1: Web 2.0 is not a tool, but a philosophy. When thinking about Web 2.0 or design learning experiences in Web 2.0, I would think about an umbrella of principles and interrelationships of personal and social learning activities using online tools to consume, connect, and create resources. Implications for social-media-based instructional design: My favorite frameworks include  PLN Enrichment Framework by Krutka et al. (2017), and SCOPE questions by Dennen in instructional design and development for social media lessons A strong and long-lasting online learning community has meaningful interactions among members, relevant and helpful content, clear norms, and integrity of purposes (My key take-away from Community observation assignment).     What I am still looking for from the course objectives is to i dentify the necessary...