Friday, November 19, 2010
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To all my EIR DES Oct 10 students,
Today, 19 Nov 2010, marks the last day of our EIR journey together. For me, this has been an exciting and pleasant experience working with all of you. OMG, it is so hard to say goodbye and end something that you really enjoy. Even though we have just known one another for a brief one month, I feel that we have known one another for one year. Our warm friendship and bonding we share will always be cherished for a long time to come.
Thank you for all your most enthusiastic participation in the EIR class activities. I really appreciate your kind patience in faithfully completing the class activities, especially the E-learning activity on Second Life in collaboration with Hong Kong PolyU. I am glad that we have made some new friends from Hong Kong through this virtual activity. Its amazing how we could make a site visit to Hong Kong to conduct our field research on the topic ethics of using Second Life in education. Well done all!
We had fun using the numerous Web 2.0 social networking softwares to interact and engage us in our learning. Remember how we laughed at the ticklish stories about the not-so-nice side of Singaporeans when we evaluated the Stomp.sg website in class? I am especially touched by how attentive all of you were throughout this class discussion. We also used Twitter to connect to one another. I enjoy putting up those motivational quotes on www.twitter.com/pristadel to inspire you and myself too. We had fun on the online shopping spree and going on our dream holidays. I am glad that we have made some new friends when we did the Facebook ice-breaking activity and online discussion forum. We had also learnt useful values of virtually collaborating on Wiki space about our research topics.
I look forward to listening to your Wiki presentations today. I am sure all of you have done your very best to put up such great work for EIR! Well done all! I have had a fantastic and joyful experience interacting and teaching all of you and learning from one another. Our friendship does not have to end with the closure of EIR DES Oct10 today. We will meet up virtually on our EIR frens Facebook space (DPA EIR group), on Twitter (twitter.com/pristadel) and MSN (buddy-line@hotmail.com).
You are most welcome to virtually chat with me at the TP Enlightening hub, located just next to EIR Hub on Second Life – Do add me Marigold Farslider as your contact on Second Life and drop by once a while to chat with me in my room at level 2 of the TP Enlightening Hub. Do register at level 1 by sending me an email stating your preferred date and time for our meeting. I will wait for you in my room at level 2 at the scheduled date and time. See you there awesome guys & gals!
As a final close to our EIR DES Oct10 chapter, I invite all of you to spend 1-minute of your time to autograph a meaningful and inspirational comment/remark about EIR in the comments column of this EIR blog. Remember to use what you had learnt in EIR when you are doing research for your other projects in your respective Diplomas.
Till we meet again in other encounters, I wish you all the best in your future endeavours.
Stay Connected, Remain Positive and Happy Always!
Cheers! Faridah
EIR Subject Leader and Tutor
DES Oct10 (T01)
19 Nov 2010
Labels: Cherishable Memories Are Here to Stay
8:26 AM
Thursday, November 18, 2010
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This week EIR students are relishing the joy of not having to attend class physically in TP as they can virtually complete their e-learning activity and get their attendance marked. This is indeed a great way to learn given the ease of use, accessibility and flexibility of using the web.
Students this semester were treated to an e-learning trip on Second Life, visiting e-shopping sites and some even had the opportunity to virtually meet up with new friends in Hong Kong. Such memorable collaborative experiences on Second Life is rare and ought to be fully enjoyed while it lasts. I am thankful to my colleagues from Hong Kong PolyU for giving us this awesome opportunity to collaborate with them.
I look forward to reading my students' blogs on their e-learning experience on Second Life. I am sure that I will be pleasantly treated to reading their great reflections about their amazing learning journey on Second Life. I hope my students will enjoy this trip, as much as I had developing the activity for them.
Labels: E-learning on Second Life - A Memorable Experience Not to be Missed
8:29 PM
Sunday, November 07, 2010
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EIR students (semester mode) ended this week on a good note - They had confirmed their research topic and completed the Practical 1&2. They also had completed their Web 2.0 accounts and had much fun with their first few blog posts introducing themselves and sharing what they had learnt from Practical 1&2 & lectures 1&2. Glad that all of them seem to have started EIR on a positive footing. Continue with the good work all!
Meanwhile, EIR Design students (block mode) ended this week with the submission of their Portfolio Part 1 and class test 1. Its heartening to observe their hardwork in putting together the Portfolio Part 1 report within a short period of time. Glad to observe their keen class participation as they had fun reviewing Stomp.com.sg using the theme "citizen journalism". Keep up the good work all!
Stay tuned for more fun activities next week.
Labels: Research is Fun
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