Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Week 1 Session 1: Class Activity 5

JIG SAW for different computer communicative learning

1) Asynchronous Online Communication Tools

"Different Time, Different Place"

Examples: Blackboards, Discussion Boards, Blogs, Google Documents, E-mail, various Social Networking Sites, etc.

+ve: "Own time, own target", at your own pace, comfort of your home/wherever comfortable
-ve: students lack motivation to complete tasks on time, misunderstandings occur, requires internet


2) Synchronous Online Communication Tools

"Same Time, Different Place"

Examples: Whatsapp, Viber, FaceTime, Chat functions on social networking sites/google docs/discussion boards, conferencing systems (webcam, video conferencing), instant messaging, Real-Time interactions

+ve: keep in touch with friends around the globe, immediate response
-ve: requires internet, the need for parties interacting to both be present, lagging can cause misunderstandings


3) Social Bookmarking and Tagging

Social bookmarking is tagging a website and saving it for later. Instead of saving them to your web browser, you are saving them to the web. Tags can appear under tab such as 'most popular', 'newest', etc. Tagging is also usually by categories such as shopping, technology, food, news, sports, etc.

Examples: favourite websites, pictures with 'labels/tags', Twitter '#tag'

+ve: boomarks can easily be shared with friends, users can look at other categories of tags, easier to find items based on their categories, narrow down the items you are looking for
-ve: what may be a particular category for one many not be the same for another, needs the Internet


4) Social Networking

A social networking service is an online service, platform, or site that focuses on facilitating the building of social networks or relations among people who, for example, share interests, activities, backgrounds or real-life connections.

Examples: Facebook, Twitter, Friendster, Bebo, Linkedin

+ve: get to make more friends, keep in touch with loved ones, learn more about various cultures, share interests
-ve: limited privacy options, need to be online


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