Final Project Presentations

All final project presentations are creative and well designed. It’s interesting to see everyone’s interests and projects. I can see how these projects will be amazing when complete. The projects range from teaching children how to respect others to a site where alumni can access information to corporate world trainings. Overall, I really enjoyed all the presentations.

In some ways I would like to have built a project non related to my work. I think it will allow me to be more creative and I would not need to worry about confidential information. I chose a project that could be used for work because I have very limited time while working and going to school full time. This class has brought more awareness to other types of technologies as possibilities for future projects. I am excited to share some of them with our Corporate training team and possibly reapply.

Elluminate Online Class Session

Today we had an online class session on Elluminate. I've had Elluminate class sessions in other classes but this session seem to run with less problems. The difficulty is that only 1 person can be heard at one time and if someone else wanted to share information then either they would text or ask if they can turn on their mic. I do think having the option to take the class online would be a good backup for those who may not be able to make it to class on occasion. In my case, I work in Oakland and there were times where I had to miss class because of a emergency where I just had to be on the premises until the issue was addressed. This would have been a great opportunity for me to be online for class and be available at work if needed.

It could be difficult for people if the internet connection is extremely slow and we are trying to follow a presentation. I think for those instances, the presentation could either be linked or sent via email. I did have some minor difficulties pulling up the presentations and following the presenter but I think in the end it was a good online session.

Socialtext Eugen Lee

Our speaker Eugene Lee talked about some interesting points about the learning environments in the corporate world. As an employee of the corporate world, I can fully understand the lack of use of technology. I also, understand the privacy and confidentiality of the company because we have so many competitors that we do not want to compromise the brand. I can see the need and certain applications can be utilized at facilities but only if it can remain within the four walls. Anything from troubleshooting to asking a colleague a simple question is where these tools can be of benefit. I see my company slowly implementing some tools but we are definitely behind the times.

Xtranormal Assignment

Here is the link to my Xtranormal movie on Connectivism.

http://www.xtranormal.com/profile/2530859/

Connectivism

Today we worked in groups and talked about criticisms of connectivism. We came together as a class and discussed all the questions about connectivism and had some great heard some good view points. Is connectivism a theory or a principle? Here is my podcast. I used Flash and iMovie 6 to create it and took way too many hours! :(

Final Project Idea

My final project will be to develop an e-learning for PepsiCo, more specifically Hot Fill. There have been some conversations in corporate regarding e-learnings for new employees who are located worldwide. PepsiCo, being that it is such a large company has Hot Fill sites in many countries. Due to the current economy, PepsiCo's annual training was modified due to lack of funds. It was modified so that current staff members would perform the trainings normal taught by Purdue University professors. The corporate training team has identified many suggestions to minimize the cost of hosting trainings at a single location. E-learning trainings was one of the highest priority suggestions. As of now, I am unsure of how I will build it out. I may use Flash or a screen casting program.

Minds of Fire Article

This article talks about how learning has evolved from people getting and processing information/knowledge in a more isolated individual way to people getting together and processing information together to create body of knowledge that is not static but evolving and collaborative. Learning and knowledge has moved from the halls of universities to the web. Because of advances in technology and utilization of social networking tools, how this knowledge is shared, organized and expanded takes on new meanings and implications of knowledge acquisition. While experts have an "authority" in putting specific information "out there", any person has the right to use and review that information which in turn adds to the depth if not breath of that topic. Knowledge is now far more accessible to people who may not have had opportunities (time, money, formal education) to access it. I am privileged to be in the US where we have access to uncensored information via the internet. I think of people in China and Cuba who blog at the risk of incarceration.