building a community of practice through liferay
DESCRIPTION
Web 2.0 technologies are becoming popular for social networking, and there is growing interest in the education sector in extending these technologies for educational purposes because they provide greater opportunities for learners to be actively engaged in a variety of learning activities individually and with a networked audience. In contrast, there is limited scope for customization and personalization of traditional content management systems to support student learning.TRANSCRIPT
Dr Paula HodgsonFaculty of Education, The University of Hong KongHong Kong SAR, China
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Key foci
Liferay features Class level Group level Personal level
A case study of using Liferay in blended mode of learning
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Web 2.0 technologies
‘the trend in the use of World Wide Web technology and web design that aims to enhance creativity, information sharing, and, most notably, collaboration among users’
Wikipedia
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Personal ‘digital footprint’ Web logs (Word
Press) YouTube Photo gallery
(Picasa)
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Using Web 2.0 in education Learning Management
System (Blackboard [WebCT], ILN)
LMS + Web 2.0 applications (blog, wiki, photo gallery)
SIGN ON please!!!
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Liferay for educational use An enterprise open-source
portal Aggregating content with a
collection of Web 2.0 technologies
Highly customized portlets (applications)
THREE-tier learning space
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Porlets
Forum:Tutorial questions
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Liferay in class level
(1)directly write their teaching notes and publish them in a web format without the technical skills usually required for web publishing;
(2)upload all teaching resources to a document library;
(3)set bookmarks linking to current Web resources and subject resources available from the library;
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Porlets – enriched resources
Powerpoint linking with videos
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Liferay in class level (2)(4) set up an events calendar to
remind students of key activities;(5) set up polls to enable students to
vote on current issues; (6) set the viewing mode of a
PowerPoint presentation or materials related to the course through YouTube;
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Porlets – enriched resources
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Liferay in class level (3)(7) set up a photo gallery to document
events; and (8) set tutorial questions –
SUBSCRIBE with RSS feedsThe RSS feeds allow learners to be flexible
in subscribing to any current information from one or more source, and the content can be aggregated for reading in ‘one convenient and coherent view’
(Martindale & Wiley, 2005, p. 56)
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Subscribing forum discussion
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Liferay in group level
Private
Public
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Portlets in group level
Blogs
Wiki
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Liferay in personal level
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Using Liferay for learning and teaching: a case studyOrganizational Learning in Business Enterprises Course set up:Blended learning mode Class level: Weekly tutorial questions (online
forum) Group level: Group project
Blogs – process and reflection (group and individual)
Wiki + discussion– report writing
Individual reflection (paper-based)
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Observed learning experiences through Liferay Class level
Regular input by learners in forum discussion
Group level Private blogs – sharing resources
(company information) and reflecting on group processes
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Observed learning experiences through Liferay Group level (cont’d)
Wiki – with discussion, but showed little attempt to make changes on peer work
Individual level Did not report on problems in forum
activities Ready to share resources Using MSN, Google doc
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ConclusionLiferay has high potentials to enrich
learning experiences Through single sign on to all portlets
(Web 2.0 applications) Allowing flexibility to design three levels
of learning space Developing students’ ability to plan,
draft and critically review Stimulating intellectual development
through using blogs and wiki
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Acknowledgement Mr Calvin Yu, the course lecturer, who has
shown great enthusiasm in teaching and provides innovative inspiration to his students through the use of Liferay in his teaching in the Hong Kong Community College.
Ms Wing Cheng, who works in the eLearning Development and Support Service (eLDSS) in the Educational Development Centre of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University to provide technical support.
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Dr Paula HodgsonFaculty of Education, The University of Hong KongHong Kong SAR, ChinaContact: [email protected]