Well, I did not get to participate in last week's on-line synchronous meeting. Originally, Dr. Ge had said that I could read through the posting and blog about the details. I could not find the link so if anyone happens to read this and knows how I could find the link, please advise.
I have decided to go ahead and blog about the case studies that I chose. I decided to write about Wikipedia and KnowledgeForum.com. I was quite suprised to find that Wikipedia is a reliable encyclopedia source. Although the website does place disclaimers on the information, it has administrators and other members of this website that maintain and watch-over the content. There are over 270 languages in use at Wikipedia and approximately ninety-one thousand contributors to the website which receives millions of visits each month. I really found the website fascinating. The knowledgeforum.com website I visited was also interesting. It reports itself as being a knowledge-based community but in reality I believe it is a task-based learing community per Riel and Polin's definitions. Overall, I thought doing the case study was informative and it made me take a look at websites I would have otherwise not perused. I wish I could have participated in last week's discussion but due to my work schedule it will be impossible now for me to participate as I work on every Tuesday and Wednesday night now until 11 p.m. I seem to be running a little behind now on everything so I hope everyone will have mercy on me and realize my work schedule has changed and I will be scrambling to keep up. I look forward to looking at everyones blogs and will try and update this blog if I can get the link to the synchronous meeting. Have a good night everyone, I'll blog at you later!
KnowledgeForum.com (2011, March 18). Welcome to knowledge forum [On-line knowledge-based community]. Retrieved from http://www.knowledgeforum.com/Kforum/prodcontent.htm/
Riel, M., Polin, L. (2004). Online learning communities: Common ground and critical differences in designing technical environments. Retrieved from http://www.ou.edu/D2L.
Wikipedia (2011, March 18). Wikipedia:About [On-line encyclopedia]. Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:About.
I agree with you. I enjoyed doing the Case Study. It was informative and made me browse websites that I would have never browsed through before. I think I have learned a lot. I was impressed with Wikipedia as well. I searched a lot of sites for information on Facebook and it had the most information that I needed on the history and the developer. I am actually looking forward to working on this next project. I just hope I can keep up. Enjoyed your blog!!
ReplyDeleteI see the intended link on the D2L course home page, but I tried to access it and was denied. You might try...
ReplyDeleteI think we are all a little behind. I fall into the category of, "maybe I should quit kidding myself and drop I'm so far behind." I got to participate in the meeting but am still not done with my case study. I am glad you shared your learning experience with us.
ReplyDeleteJanine,
ReplyDeleteWe missed you at the Live Meeting! :) I understand you have a conflicting work schedule; trying to juggle work, school, and personal life is often a struggle! I'm so glad the Dr. Ge is very understanding and flexible! I was freaking-out a little last week because I had so many projects due this weekend and I always get anxious if I feel I am going to fall behind, but it all worked out *whew*
I often use Wikipedia (for personal use, not school) and find it to be pretty reliable source. My husband and I are looking to move out of the region (MS) after I graduate in August and use Wikipedia to research other cities. Heck, last night I was watching Celebrity Apprentice and couldn't remember when LaToya Jackson was born in the chain of 10 siblings, so my husband very quickly looked it up on Wikipedia and gave me an answer when in seconds. Ha!
Thanks for sharing your thoughts!
Karin