Reflections of another…

March 15th, 2005

The Library is Full of Surprises

Posted by Kate in E-Learning Experiences, Weblog Beginings



While seraching for resources for other subjects i came across a book titled “Using E-Learning” by William Horton which is published by the American Society for Training and Development. After flicking through the first few pages I became aware of the relevance of his writing for our subject. He discusses E-learning in terms of costs and benefits for organisations and the implications E-Learning holds for Training and Development practitioners. He also suggests possible ways to improve E-Learning and how to maximise such a valuable training resource.

“Realising the potential for e-learning will also require honest acknowledegment of the limitions of e-learning and a consequent targeting of tasks for which e-learning is suited” (Horton, 2002, p.1)

William Horton is also the principle consultant of William Horton Consultanting who created www.desigingwbt.com – an online resource for trainers and facilitators involved in instructional design.

Horton., W. (2002) Using E-Learning,American Society for Training & Development. Alexandria.

March 4th, 2005

All in the Definition

Posted by Kate in E-Learning Experiences, Weblog Beginings



It seems that the characteristics of a weblog have changed as the phenomenon evolved. Rebecca Blood explains that “The original weblogs were link-driven sites [where] their editors present links both to little-known corners of the web and to current news articles they feel are worthy of note.” More so now, weblogs provide commentary on almost every topic, they are individual and reflective like a journal which is updated frequently. They provide insight into the author’s views and ideas and to “some extent reflects this individual’s personality”(Paquet).

Rebecca Blood
http://www.rebeccablood.net/essays/weblog_history.html

Sebastian Paquet
http://radio.weblogs.com/0110772/stories/2002/10/03/
personalKnowledgePublishingAndItsUsesInResearch.html

For this subject I think we will be using a combination of both notebook and journal style blogging. The content of our weblogs is guided and thus has an inherent focus which is similar to that of notebooks which publish longer articles and essays. Our subject also requires a reflective element particularly in relation to our own learning which is common amongst traditional journal style blogs.