I am most fasinated with this Web 2.0 environment. I find the pictures in http://www.rossdawsonblog.com/Web2_Framework.pdflog.com/Web2_Framework.pdf most interesting. In fact, I am very tempted to print out page 3 as shown and frame it up as a poster on the wall. I have already used this diagram as my Notebook Wallpaper.
I remember learning from one of the presenter or keynote speaker in International Conference on Teaching and Learning with Technology 2008 that we have to move our students from consumers of information to producers of information. This is essentially progressing from
the browsing and learning from the world wide web to contributing to the world wide web.
As we draw more information from others' Wiki, we must be mindful that there is no check of accuracy of information. So I am convinced that the printed media is here to stay, for good. Print materials are normally edited by the publisher or editor. Textual contents are proof-read and facts are verified. The author and the publisher are accountable and their names are at stake. In the non-print environment, authors can use any name or avatar he or she likes and contribute to the knowledge community freely. Of course there is some form of self-censorship and other members of the on-line community would police the cyber-space. But there is no true accountability. Not that people wants to feed mis-information. But then there will always be some crack-case.
This brings me to the possibility of "what you see is not what you get".
I showed this picture taken from http://talkback.stomp.com.sg/forums/showthread.php?t=19601 when teaching a Sexuality Education Module on PDA: Public display of affection.
When I told my students that there was always the possibility that the teenagers "caught" on candid camera were actually posing for their friend and all they wanted to do was to create some excitment in their school, many looked shocked.
So the web 2.0 environment is good for engaging learners in discussions and intellectual and critical thirnking. But when it comes to factual aspects of the subject matter, the printed form is the authority in the discipline.
I remember learning from one of the presenter or keynote speaker in International Conference on Teaching and Learning with Technology 2008 that we have to move our students from consumers of information to producers of information. This is essentially progressing from
the browsing and learning from the world wide web to contributing to the world wide web.
As we draw more information from others' Wiki, we must be mindful that there is no check of accuracy of information. So I am convinced that the printed media is here to stay, for good. Print materials are normally edited by the publisher or editor. Textual contents are proof-read and facts are verified. The author and the publisher are accountable and their names are at stake. In the non-print environment, authors can use any name or avatar he or she likes and contribute to the knowledge community freely. Of course there is some form of self-censorship and other members of the on-line community would police the cyber-space. But there is no true accountability. Not that people wants to feed mis-information. But then there will always be some crack-case.
This brings me to the possibility of "what you see is not what you get".
I showed this picture taken from http://talkback.stomp.com.sg/forums/showthread.php?t=19601 when teaching a Sexuality Education Module on PDA: Public display of affection.
When I told my students that there was always the possibility that the teenagers "caught" on candid camera were actually posing for their friend and all they wanted to do was to create some excitment in their school, many looked shocked.So the web 2.0 environment is good for engaging learners in discussions and intellectual and critical thirnking. But when it comes to factual aspects of the subject matter, the printed form is the authority in the discipline.
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I refer to your following paragraph:
As we draw more information from others' Wiki, we must be mindful that there is no check of accuracy of information. So I am convinced that the printed media is here to stay, for good. Print materials are normally edited by the publisher or editor. Textual contents are proof-read and facts are verified. The author and the publisher are accountable and their names are at stake. In the non-print environment, authors can use any name or avatar he or she likes and contribute to the knowledge community freely. Of course there is some form of self-censorship and other members of the on-line community would police the cyber-space. But there is no true accountability.
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Indeed, we need to be very discerning about the information that we obtain off the web, and this is something that we need to inculcate in our students too.
However, with the advent of technology and breaking down of distances, we can see researchers becoming more comfortable with sharing their research papers and results on the net.
Therefore, I do not fully agree that people who post materials online are less accountable than those who publish their materials in hard copy. I, for one, will look at the source and author before deciding whether to trust a particular source In addition, I will explore other sources to try to confirm the information obtained. I guess you can call this methods or data triangulation?
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