Tuesday, March 31, 2009
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Today (Day 4) I had the privilege of listening to students sharing of their interesting experiences participating in discussion forums. They talked about their valuable experiences where they mentioned that they were able to confirm what they had found in their research findings through asking and talking to others in the forum on topics including bad effects of Social Network Services (SNS) on youths; bad effects of fast food on health; cyber bullying; eating disorders; possibility of robots replacing human beings, SNS replacing traditional face-to-face, benefits of Facebook use of artificial intelligence and whether mercy killing is considered suicide.
Students acknowledged that discussion forums do provide a good way to do research as they are able to talk and confirming with people with similar research interests. On the other hand, students also noted that there are forumites who provided irrelevant responses.
Students also discussed on OLE on the effect of Internet on their academic life. Most noted that usefulness of Internet resources and tools in helping them to do research projects and communicate with teachers and classmates using MSN. Some noted the usefulness of E-learning portals on their learning, but mentioned that the slowness of connection to the portals can be a drawback.
It is very heartening to note students’ keen efforts in class to earnestly & seriously work on their research report on evaluation and comparison of search facilities. These wonderful batch of DPA Mar 09 students has proven that they not only can joke and play but more importantly they are able to know when to prioritise and focus on their work. It has been a fruitful day for all of us. Continue the good work all.
Labels: Serious at Work and Play
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