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Fostering an Online Learning Environment to Develop Literacy Skills

Fostering an Online Learning Environment to Develop Literacy Skills. Julie Lindsay Head of Technology International School Dhaka, Bangladesh. Modern Learning Pedagogy. Use of the WWW for teaching and learning Fostering a sense of community between isolated learners

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Fostering an Online Learning Environment to Develop Literacy Skills

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  1. Fostering an Online Learning Environment to Develop Literacy Skills Julie Lindsay Head of Technology International School Dhaka, Bangladesh

  2. Modern Learning Pedagogy • Use of the WWW for teaching and learning • Fostering a sense of community between isolated learners • Use of asynchronous learning network • Anytime, anywhere learning • Complements traditional face-to-face teaching and learning • Encouraging responsible and independent participation in the learning process: constructivist approach

  3. Online Tools for Promoting Information Literacy and Communication • Foster learner engagement and include techniques for learner-learner and learner-teacher interaction • Deliver content (information), provide a forum for publication and can stimulate opportunities for knowledge development Examples: • Weblogs and Blogging • Discussion Forums • Digital Portfolio development

  4. Weblogs and Blogging Some Definitions • Weblog: An online journal • Blog: Slang form of Weblog • Blogger: Someone who maintains and/or contributes to a blog • Blogging: (To Blog) to write into the journal • Blogosphere: All blogs can be found here

  5. Webopedia definition: http://webopedia.com/TERM/b/blog.html (n.) Short for Web log, a blog is a Web page that serves as a publicly-accessible personal journal for an individual. Typically updated daily, blogs often reflect the personality of the author.

  6. 21st Century Definition of Literacy Literacy = Communication (reading + writing) Blogging = Communication (reading + writing) Blogging = Literacy From David Warlick, Classroom Blogging: A Teacher’s Guide to the Blogosphere

  7. Characteristics of Weblogs Format • Designed to be updated with items chronologically, similar to a personal journal or diary • Articles and postings can be grouped by the date and time they are posted

  8. Characteristics of Weblogs Software • Often implemented using special software • Common software includes Blogger, Manila, Greymatter, Movable Type • Free weblog registration available online

  9. Characteristics of Weblogs Personality • Often the subject matter is of a personal nature • The journal can be about the author and/or their opinions of the world

  10. Characteristics of Weblogs Community • Fostering an online community by comments posted in response to articles • Often encourages active participation in the discussion

  11. Common Uses of Weblogs • Journal: Personal (with group input and discussion optional) • Journal: Group (to share materials and ideas formally or informally) • To present information online (news, organisation focus website) • Store and share knowledge (discussion and collaboration)

  12. Weblog and Blogging Examples • Baghdad Burning – girl blog from Iraq http://riverbendblog.blogspot.com/ • EduBlog Insights – teacher blog http://anne.teachesme.com/ • eLearning Blog – school community http://www.123elearning.blogspot.com

  13. Weblog and Blogging Student Examples • Blogger.com process journal • Sakib • Prottoy • Shabab • Theory of Knowledge discussion forum • Saif • Literature class • Secret Life of Bees and a discussion example

  14. Student Digital Portfolios • Students to digitize their work and present it via a web-page interface • Work through the process of planning, selecting and reflecting, creating and publishing

  15. Student Digital Portfolios Advantages of using a Weblog for online publication • Instant publication • Always accessible at school and at home • Provides web page publishing flexibility • Can upload many file formats • Can be modified to suit individual personality • Has the potential for greater collaborative work via the discussion areas on class and individual weblogs

  16. Student Digital Portfolios Why an online learning community? Students are involved in: • Maintaining an online journal and discussion work • Creating a collaborative learning community to help each other through the portfolio development process

  17. Student Digital Portfolios Examples: Shaveena Shakila Nahar Afiq Rayan

  18. How Do You Get Started? Free online services for weblogs and blogging • www.blogger.com • www.schoolblogs.com • www.bloglines.com

  19. Presented by: Julie Lindsay Head of Technology International School Dhaka julie.lindsay@isdbd.org

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