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Activity 7.2
1. When you hear the word distance education what comes first into your mind?
- Distance education is where the students utilize the internet to attend classes and complete courses, without having to physically attend a school.
2. What do we mean by distance learning?
- Distance learning is a way of educating students online. Lectures and learning materials are sent over the internet. Students work from home, not in a classroom.
3. What did you observe in your activity?
- In this activity, I observed that there are many different platforms and tools that we can use to facilitate the learning of the students.
4. Which educational online platform would you prefer the most? Why?
- The educational online platform that I prefer the most, is Google classroom because it is easy to use, encourage collaboration between students, and rganize assignments and create a paperless classroom.
5. What do we mean by blended learning?
- Blended learning is a combination of learning activities wherein a part of the lesson is delivered online while the other part is handled in actual physical setting of the classroom.
6. What do we mean by network?
- Network means any application or tools which enables users to communicate with each other by posting information, comments, messages, images, etc.
7. What are the different social networking platforms?
- Social Networking Platforms includes:
- Facebook apparently is the biggest social networking site founded in 2004 based in Menlo Park, California.
- Twitter does not provide social networking service but it also gives online news.
- LinkedIn is another social networking website for work.
- Google+ is designed to be a total communication social network.
- Youtube is an American video-sharing website where users can upload, view and even share video clips or multimedia production.
- Pinterest is another social media tool that like Youtube, is often thought of as otherwise.
- Instagram a platform where users share visual stories.
- Tumblr is a networking site that combines social media and blogging.
- MySpace is another popular social networking website where members can make friens, post blogs and photos, videos.
- Flickr is an image and video hosting website that was created by Ludicorp in 2004 and acquired by yahoo.
- Bebo is a social networking website with the backronym “Blog early, Blog often”
8. Can social networking platforms be used in teaching and learning? How?
- Absolutely yes, social networking platforms can be used in teaching and learning as it also collaborative and is used to connect and communicate with everyone. For example, using Facebook group to send all the the requirements of students.
9. What do you think are the benefits of social networking platforms?
- Using social networking websites opens an array of benefits for users. The world has become a global village through connectivity, they provide information and support learning or augment educational activities.
10. What are the dangers of using social networking sites?
- One major risk is making friends with stranger who may actually be a predator pr a cyberbully. There are also trolls who actually instigate conflict, misunderstanding or emotional response by eliciting anger or ill feelings from other users through social media. Their ability to socialize is incapacitated as they devote hours or days on gaming or using the computer manifesting abuse to themselves.
EXERCISES:
Multiple choice:
1. B
2. D
3. B
4. A
5. A
