This week we discuss the current trend of integrating technology into education. I start to get a little sense about the differences between web 1.0 and Web 2.0. So far, I understand that web 1.0 is technology which designed to make life easier, such as internet, computer, and Microsoft word process; but, web 2.0 are technologies, which focus on social network, user-centered.
By reviewing articles, I found that though technology progress really fast, integrate them into education is still far behind. It is true that we have online course, and distance education, but many users complained that instructors simply moved traditional course design into online which will not make online learning or distance education success. When learning environment changed, from physical classroom to on-line interface, we will ask online learners to think in different way, and the tasks also required them to have different problem-solving skills. Therefore, online course is definitely not merely transferring everything digital and teach the content in the same way. Also, students’ performance or learning outcome should have different assessment tool to evaluate their online learning performance.
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You are right, so many teachers are making the mistake of thinking that they can conduct their online class the same as they conduct live classes, which is entirely not the case. I find it interesting that some online teachers seem to be somewhat more "harsh" online. I have seen teachers reply to forum postings with a negativity that I have never seen in class, and I'm curious to see how that may eventually effect the traditional instructor/student relationship.
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