Week 8: P2 Video Podcast

Perspectives on E-learning
By 360°

Kei Ching Lau (995430270)
King Yam, Gloria Tang (995541249)
Sze Man Wong (995437326)

Blog links:
Kei Ching Lau: (http://lau-k-2008cct205.blogspot.com/)
King Yam Tang: (http://tang-g-2008cct205.blogspot.com/)
Sze Man Wong: (http://wong-s-2008cct205.blogspot.com/)




Video Podcast. Analysis:
In the early days of E-learning, where online courses have just been developed, this type of production model was to give members from different faculty with release time when developing and distributing in their courses. E-learning was found by a group of people who assume information technology would be able to transform learning. Today, most schools offers online course (E-learning), as long as you have a proper computer with internet access, then you will be able to learn anytime and anywhere.
According to online sources, one-third of post secondary school offer students distance education. E-learning is very popular due to rich learning practices that might even be better training than students would experience in a crowded classroom. But there are always disadvantages. Procrastination will highly accrue without teacher’s assistance. And for students who are low in motivation, it would be easier for them to fall behind.
Our video podcast aims to demonstrate the impacts E-learning creates on various students. Our investigation has proven our starting thesis that E-learning will negatively affect students’ learning habits and reduces their knowledge system in certain level. We based our short clip on interviews of students and teachers from different Universities so that we get a more variety of opinions. Also, incorporating the viewpoints of others into our podcast helps to build the meaning and message much stronger. We’ve also added a reference to statistics to prove the reliability of our video. Because of the growing network society, video podcasting has taken over a large portion of Internet activity. Internet users constantly come in contact with podcasts posted online by other users. Thus reliability is an important factor to take account of. Also, towards the beginning of our video, we introduced ourselves as a newsgroup. By doing so, we try to convey the message that the impacts of E-learning are crucial to students and that they should acquire information about it.



Reference:
“Distance Learning Statistics” 2008. Education Center Online. 29 Mar 08.
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“E-Learning Concepts and Techniques” 2006. Institute for Interactive Technologies. 30 Mar 08.
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