2009年10月24日 星期六
Weekly Task 4 - Networked Students
Weekly Task 4
1. This is how American college students learn. Are you learning in a similar way?
Being networked students is a new idea of learning. As the importance and convenience of the Internet is stressed, many people advocate “E-learning.” Even some people predict that “E-books” will replace printed publications.
Websites provide abundant information which can broaden students’ horizons and help them connect the global village. From my point of view, the way American students learn is really cool. For instance, I am curious about the websites mentioned in the video, such as Google Scholar and Skype. I think it is time for me to search for useful online resources and take advantage of them. I am learning in a similar way as the way American College students learn. As a freshman, I find that many assignments have to be done and uploaded through “E-course system.” Furthermore, more and more teachers adopt the creative idea “E-learning”, so students have chances to learn from online resources. It is obvious that “Networked Students” will become the mainstream of education and learning.
2. What does it mean by “Networked Students”? Is it a good or a bad change, and why?
“Networked Students” is an interesting new concept. Those students are good at making use of rich resources on the Internet. In addition, they can learn anytime and anywhere online instead of being limited by time and space.
I consider “Networked Students” a good change since the Internet makes it easier and faster to get information from all over the world. Moreover, discussing with international students is a chance to know the way they think and even their cultures.
Last but not least, people can benefit from the Internet; however, they should be careful not to be “Internet addicts.”
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Dear Glory,
回覆刪除In the past, I don’t have many chances to learn from the Internet, because what we need to know or prepare is from the textbooks. However, in college, I start learning in this way; I have to find much information from the Internet, and school does offer net courses for us to choose to. Overall, the Internet is very convenient, and we can save a lot of time to find information in the library. All we need to do is type the keyword in the search engine website, and then click our mouse. Useful materials appear immediately. I think this kind of net learning way will become more and more popular in the future.
“Networked students” means students learn from the Internet information, and students don’t have to go to the class, just open their computers to get teacher’s lectures and reading materials, and then upload their assignment on the website.
Actually, I take two networked courses this semester, and I think it is quite good for me. Especially for those students whose houses are far from school, they can save their time to go to school. I think networked courses can help student cultivate active, hardworking and self-learning habits. Because teachers don’t remind you of due date of assignments, networked students have to follow the messages on the website carefully and frequently. In brief, I think it is a good change, too.
Dear Lily,
回覆刪除I have not taken any networked course so far. I am curious about how networked course works and the advantages of taking this new kind of courses. After reading your comment, I get an initial understanding of networked courses. Thank you for your sharing. ：）
Actually, we meet each other through the Internet. If we live without the Net, we would not have a chance to discuss a topic together every week on my blog. Also, it is my pleasure to meet you online. Hope that we can express, share our own opinions and think deeply about the topic of weekly tasks with each other every week.
Sincerely,
Glory
Dear Glory,
回覆刪除It’s great we can use the Internet to share opinions with each other, and the topic we discuss every week is quite interesting. If you have a chance to take a networked course, you could make it a try. I believe that you can also do a fantastic job on the networked course. We can keep moving on together.
Dear Lily,
回覆刪除No problem. I will give it a try when I find the courses that I am interested in. Thank you for your strong suggestion. I hope that I would take pleasure from networked courses. By the way, are those networked courses similar to this blogging activity? If so, perhaps I will take those courses next semester.