Wednesday, April 24, 2013

In the process, I learned

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Digital Learning Technologies, as it stand out aimed to anyone who wishes to learn how to teach or educate, train, uplift to someone’s skill or knowledge with the help of electronic, digital media.

I did not learn this. In fact, I learned much more than the definition of DLT. The lectures were discussion on various subject related topics and the blogging exercise was the base, on how the integrity and the instrument called Blogging works.

The criterion of privacy in electronic media and how to integrate VAKOG (visual, auditory, kinaesthetic, olfactory and gustatory) in DLT with the ‘neuro’, ‘linguistic’ and behavioural ‘pattern’ - NLP affects to the study performance of an individual were must for the subject. 

I understood the VAKOG and NLP are the requirement of  emerging individualised and ubiquitous demand of learning from current social and economic structure.

The research on ‘Four Pedagogy’ reviled that how its' been related to all stages of development in learning system and method where the core is- the establishment of truth.

The learning with DLT will have long lasting impact for the fact of co-relating each LO to practical life. The approach of self-finding at 7 level, sometime becomes, bit too much for the fact of  time consumption, but the outcome it generates, is always engraved to memories.

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The experience of practical learning using ‘Adobe Connect’ was worth to have, for the current and future requirement of sharing knowledge or training or education on global level.

According to my understanding, the core emphasis it gave on was for understanding and strengthening the fact of ‘Change’. I knew the fact that change is the only constant phenomenal on this earth, but it all depends on us how we react to it and how we accept it. 
The technological advancement has brought a changing milestone in learning system, with opening of great opportunities too. 

As all change does carry a package of total impact, some par of it is positive and some not flavoring  It is our nature to accept only positive, but the study of DLT has given a rise to an understanding that we have an inner capability, if used or focused on, which can turn the negative of unfavorable impact to the positive side.

And more I knew different technologies, used and useful in DL; the count of positive outcome to all stack holders at all stage of and in all segments, strengthens the notion.

The vitality (Changing and emergence of various DLT) was 
  • the demand of new skills, and in many case it is simply 
  • converting current skills to the technical parameters.  
Initiation to the change is widely a tough process, but at the end, brings ease and flexibility.
The presentation from Joyce Seitzinger, gave an in-depth understanding of 
  • how to manage the bombardment of changing technologies, and 
  • keep pace with it, 
  • by selecting and establishing PLN – Personal Learning Network. 
The knowledge is good, but the overflow of it, can disturb life – mentally and socially too.
Designed by Raj Jadeja

The joint session with Stephanie Day, was much awaited and indeed gave me a methodical way to develop the material to teach, with the help of these technologies. 

The understanding of 
  • ADDIE -Analysis, Designing, Development, Implementation and Evolution and 
  • OTARA – Object, Theme, Assessment, Resource and Activity, model will be the foundation in future life, where developing any model of training or teaching will be easy.
The foundation for the second assignment, not I will say the time for practical experiment of the system learned in the process of this ‘Blogging’ was well set.
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We’ll look at practicality of how learning and literacy is symbolized in widely held digital-, (or cyber-) philosophy, and will discover how that links with the ideas and creativity we are seeing in our project, unfolds’ in our tactics to digital education.

Yet I did not learned much..... as learning is a process, not destination. 

But yes, it was the great time with you Michael and will rest as a a part of precious memories of life. Thank you.

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Example of Online Course


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ILX Group was established in the UK in 1988 and has offices internationally. ILX Group entered the Asia Pacific market in 2010 and has quickly established itself as a preferred supplier of Best Practice learning across both the public and private sectors.

At http://www.ilxgroup.com/nz/default.asp , help both individuals and organisations improve their capabilities when making the best decisions to support the delivery and growth of their business with the provision of a quality training and consultancy programme covering the highly integrated range of learning and development solutions include e-learning, mobile learning, classroom training, and related coaching and mentoring services - all designed to support related processes that assist business leaders and project managers in their work. ILX Group was established in the UK in 1988 and has offices internationally. Posting link to Wiki

e Portfolio

It is a collection of work proof and the development done in over the period of time call “work portfolio”. The presentation of these documents in form of electronic media and presenting it over the web is called “E Portfolio”.
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It is usually a collection of work developed across wide-ranging contexts over time. A portfolio advances learning of any student or faculty by providing a method to consolidate, store and exhibit pieces of work.

The electronic format offers benefits of simultaneous or staged evaluation process of leaning outcome of student portfolio to faculty and other professionals using technology, which generally include the Internet, CD-ROM, video, animation or audio.


The technology advancement has raised the popularity and effectiveness of “Electronic Portfolios” to the traditional paper based portfolio for the convenience offered to the practitioners and peers.
The student portfolios are the common and well known format of portfolios, but now many educational institutions do have departmental and institutional portfolio, offering facility and opportunity to have evaluation of student work on global platform. They do offer means of evaluating the influence of the complete educational practice on student education. They play a vital measure in evolving in-house enhancement and external answerability on the level of the entire institution.


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A very modern and perfect example for the e portfolio is ‘LinkedIn’. A free electronic platform created with all very essential features to develop, update and professionally present a profile. It does have a great feature of getting associated to some professional individual and group too. The platform does provide feature of endorsement by seniors or peers from a particular work.




Raj Jadeja is my LinkedIn account .


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It is well known to everyone that Google is a platform, where the need for web and it’s maximum free features are available. One of the features is ‘Google Site’. A place demands a bit practice and experiment, but after a while, with dedicated efforts can create a very professional looking web portfolio. It is not restricted to only portfolio, but one can even create a basic business site to trade or sell certain items. The site offers a free feature of ‘Ad Sence’, which might earn a passive side income

I had to spare good one day to get to this  moderately OK kind of website, featuring very basic of my profile as Raj Jadeja - Profile



Monday, April 1, 2013

The morning session, finally, conveyed a pure emphasis on understanding vital of the course-‘Digital Learning Technologies’ and the second assignment as a part of it.

Up till now, we learned how to use diverse technologies for ‘Digital Learning’, but the methodical way to cultivate the material to teach, with the help of these technologies, was unknown. 
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Thanks to the combine effort from Michael and Stephanie Day.
An understanding & postulating the base of ‘Developing Digital Learning Course’ was must for the academic purpose as well as future profiling.

The process of Analysis, Designing, Development, Implementation and Evolution - ADDIE, were well brief by Stephanie, with the water flow approach to the process.  I found it similar to the process of developing any system and procedure to evolution. It is the ‘necessity (problem) still mothering the innovation’.

No problem – No innovation – No Growth – No Progress- No Life
The tool ‘OTARA” is different to ‘ADDIE” for its approach. The water flow approach with ADDIE, - step after step, is not the case with OTARA – OBJECT is identified- the process of ASSESSSMENT is establish-the THEME worked out- the RESOURCES identified-established ACTIVITIES.

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While knowing the value of time and need of quick availability of LO (Leaning Object) the most popular tool of current time is Rapid Prototyping.
After gathering core information for LO- which is common to rest of two OTARA & ADDIE, every following step from ADDIE or OTARA is evolved with prototyping, which helps in establishing a standardisation for the rest of LO, to assure quickness for the remaining LO.

I understood that both (OTARA and ADDIE) with adoption of RAPID approach will assure
  • A well investigated subject for online study,
  • Where a clearly define way and process of evolution is derived – A prototyping with RAPID
  • After designing a vibrant process for the learning object– A prototyping with RAPID
  • Producing the content using define technology and tools – A prototyping with RAPID I
  • Implementing the procedure of training or learning by teacher for student – A prototyping with RAPID
Form the very first step of implementation, assuring the steps designed for evolution to update and advance the Learning Outcome– A prototyping with RAPID

The concept of OTARA was worked out as a group work in the afternoon session, where a technology for Digital Learning was selected and evolved in accordance with OTARA principals.

The session on 25th March 2013, brought a clear understanding on a scientific approach to the process, procedure and current practice followed in developing Digital Learning course material.