Transcript Presented by Dee Ryan

Presented by Dee Ryan
How Web 2.0 facilitates
independent learning
Web 2.0 & independent learning
• Students = tech savvy
– Thrive in an environment where Web 2.0 tools are being
used
– Natural for them to log on & use these tools outside class
hours
• Ability to engage learners in an interactive format
– Learners are keen & motivated to add content to the class
Ning / wiki both inside & outside class time
– Opportunity to express views & communicate online
• Students engage in collective thought & shared ideas –
physical distance is no boundary
• Collective intelligence – students can build on each
other's knowledge
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• Reflect on their own learning through online discussion
forums
• Motivated to keep online listening diaries
• Central location for sharing resources, useful websites
etc..
• Community building
• Active collaboration amongst users
Examples of students comments from
class Ning
• Ibrahim – MEP 1B – instant chat for
independent learning
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‘Chatting could be helpful for us to improve our language and know
more things about eachother. So I strongly recommend everyone to
take advantage form it. Most students are a little shy in the classroom
and chatting could open the way for them to participate in such
activities. Could you please Dee let us choose a specific time to have a
weekly meeting in the chat room so every single student would
participate in it and we will be so happy if you'll be with us too. Please
everybody, try to suggest an appropriate time for the meeting after Dee
kindly gives us the permission to do so.
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ASSET students & IELTS classes also doing similar activities
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• Examples of student’s online listening
diaries
• Miao ASSET 1A
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http://asset1.ning.com/profile/MiaoQiusi?xg_source=profiles_memberList
• Boya DEP 2B
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http://dep2a2009.ning.com/profile/BoyaHao?xg_source=activity
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• Students reflecting on class corpus
activity after class..
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“Collins Cobuild Corpus seems very useful to me. When I learned a new
word, it was hard for me to use it because I didn't know the common
way people using it. Corpus Concordance Sampler is really useful for
me. However, Collocation Sampler can not gives me much imformation.
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“The "Corpus Concordance Sampler" is useful. In the past, when I
wrote my essay, I may find it is hard to know which verb I should use.
Now using the Sampler, I can not only know how to use the noun with
the appropriate verb, but also learn some new words. “
Some fun free Web 2.0 tools
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http://www.flip-coin.com/
http://kukuklok.com/
http://www.online-stopwatch.com/#
http://www.timeme.com/
http://classtools.net/education-gamesphp/timer/#