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| This week in review |
This week I blogged about the Web 2.0 technologies, Wiki/Twitter and college students. For the Wiki posting, I discussed how the use of wikis in Singapore clashed with the Asian cultural perception of correcting/editing other individuals in a public setting. Basically such a practice is frowned upon because it might result in an individual feeling embarrassed or humiliated (i.e., losing face). Wiki researchers now seem more sensitive to cultural notions and are working with students closely to finding common ground for technology to be in alignment with cultural beliefs and practices.
The second blog posting dealt with an experiment with Twitter and 1st year college students. One research found that students who were instructed to Tweet about their course assignments earned higher grades than those student who only engaged their course assignments via Blackboard discussion type interactions. The feedback from my fellow IDE classmates on this topic was split. My two Thai classmates seemed to readily accept the research findings and one stated that she will also try to integrate Twitter use into her on class instruction and assignment for her one personal experiment. In contrast, my two American classmates suggested that further research and study had to be conducted into this area/topic. they were both hesitant in accepting the research experimental results, but found the overall experiment quite interesting.
I truly enjoyed blogging about these two topics this week because they demonstrate the versatile impact that Web 2.0 technologies are having on students and in college/university settings. In addition, some of my topics seem to be interesting and engaging to my fellow IDE classmates. I hope that this upcoming week's blog will continue to be as interesting to my classmates as well.
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