E-LEARNING ACTIVITY TWO

E-learning activity two:

Screencast two - Setting-up a home page in Wix

 http://screenr.com/BMOH

Above is the link to the second screencast that was developed to support students to set-up and initially use their individual ePortfolios. The focus of this screencast is around providing support for students to set-up their home page in Wix. It is a direct follow on from the first screencast ‘Setting-up a Wix e-portfolio through eMIT’, and once again it is meant to have a strong focus on being context specific, flexible, continuously available, and an easily accessible support system personalised to students’ specific needs.

After the students had accessed the first screencast I sat down with the classroom lecturers to discuss what they felt  should be the focus of the next screencast. I chose to work with the classroom lecturers rather than make the decision on my own, because according to Huges (2004), in the social environment of the classroom the teacher is in a position to identify the students familiarity with the technology required, proficiency in the language of instruction that would best meet their needs and therefore determine what support is most needed.

After some discussion and reflection it was decided that this next screencast would support students to set-up their ‘front page’. The lecturers felt that this should include using a blank template into which the students add the course title as the name of the page, and insert a photo. Once again a consideration was to ensure that this illustration of basic concepts was effective, and therefore I kept it short and to the point.

Don’t forget that I value your feedback and recommendations for improvement:

·         What do you feel works well in this screencast?

·         What did you find challenging in this screencast?

·         What suggestions to you have for improvement/extension of this screencast?

 

Reference:

Hughes, J. (2004). Supporting the online learner. In Anderson, T & Elloumi, F. (Eds), Theory and Practice of Online Learning (pp367 -383). Retrieved July 28^th 2013 from http://www.cde.athabascau.ca/online_book/pdf/TPOL_book.pdf