As social technology use is increasing in e-learning, so is the need to complement theoretical work with studies of learner experiences of the new dynamics of e-learning to guide this development. We studied how 15 learners experienced social media tools in a long continuous professional development (CPD) pilot training tailored for a large insurance company. While the training included some contact lectures, it was mainly conducted through blog, wiki, chat, and discussion forum tools. As we have already discussed forum and chat use in another paper on a shorter CPD training (with 40 learners) and this study confirmed the results, we focus here on learner experiences of wiki and blog. While the wiki process was widely misunderstood, wiki and blog experiences organically led learners to consider their uses as a personal learning environment.
As to blog, the learners who saw it as a tool for self-reflection perceived it positively while others did not, underlining that the benefits and goals of using social tools need to be explicated. Furthermore, social learning process needs to be designed and maintained, as busy workplace learners tend to focus on fulfilling requirements. Simply adding social technology does not necessarily lead to social e-learning.
Cuando se habla de aprendizaje colaborativo, de forma inmediata podemos pensar en wikis, que bien utilizadas, pueden traer consigo grandes beneficios en nuestros estudiantes.
Wiki is a collaborative workspace in which information can be gathered, shared, evaluated, organized or used to produce something new. Learn about its use and advantages in education.
Bienvenidos/as a la WikiDidácTICa. Con ella se pretende aprovechar el conocimiento colectivo del profesorado para construir un espacio útil que facilite la incorporación paulatina de los recursos digitales como medio didáctico en las distintas áreas y etapas educativas:
Webinar realizado el 14 de diciembre de 2011 para el Taller "Experiencias TIC en centros educativos" celebrado on-line el curso 2011-12. En el que Roberto El...
Aquí os traigo una entrada sobre el uso de Wikis en nuestra docencia. Podéis consultar todo el artículo de la prof. Meritxell Viñas en el siguiente enlace:
Primera parte de una serie de ideas sobre cómo usar wikis en educación para ampliar los recursos necesarios para la enseñanza de la escritura y el trabajo co
Insung Jung es profesora de Educación en la International Christian University de Tokio, Japón. Sudcoreana de nacimiento, estudió y trabajó como directora del Multimedia Education Center de la Ewha Women's University de Seúl.
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Thanks, Neli.