This discourse information and its neutrality , that is information can be seen from different perspective and different, it is not just limited to one direction. There we can all be a producer of information because no matter what our previous knowledge was , our information will still be useful to someone who might not be in our immediate environment.
A new place where people can seek information Web 2.0 , this is a large storage of information it is like an online library where we can all sorts of information , and the best of it is that it is free to use , free is important here because metaliteracy MOOC serves to enable students to have unlimited access to different academic resources and at no cost unlike the traditional books we have that have been made expensive by publishers and make education seem less attractive because of the cost of buying the books which keeps going up as new edition of different books keep springing up.
Critical conscious has been identified as the foundation of metaliteracy.
It involves using the appropriate delivery system to disseminate information. Produce information in multiple media formats to enable access to this information to be easy. Monitoring feedback responses, this will also enable the producer of the information to learn from peoples responses. Understand personal privacy, licensing issues and citing appropriately.
Understanding metaliteracy involves understanding this world , that is being aware of what is going on around us, this will allow us to disseminate relevant information, information that will be of use. It will also enable us to know that different religion and different cultures exist therefore when we are producing information we have to know the kind of participatory environment and not disseminate an information that will be offensive to a particular group of people.
Metaliteracy field theory perspective requires enables us to understand people capabilities based on their individual skills, the environment where they grow up , the laws of their society on types and the kind of information to be produced. The field perspective theory also requires capital . Capital is needed to achieve the necessary skills one desires, capital is needed to acquire the resources for learning one skills .
Thursday, October 17, 2013
Monday, October 7, 2013
Openness and metaliteracy
This involves different ways through which educational resources can be made accessible to the public and also free, we will also talk about how to verify the authenticity of the materials made available . Key terms in this blog includes , OERs, Creative Commons , MLA commons, Gifted Commons
OERs- Open Educational Resources
These includes any kind of teaching material like textbooks , full courses, course materials, syllabi, modules, lesson plan, videos, exams and techniques, that are made available to the public for free. Here the public can review the article or book that is about to be published and also work on it by adding to it or removing from it, they can also share with other people. The purpose of OERs is to make materials needed for education free because of the rising cost books. There have been issues with regards to the licensing of materials made open such as the violation of copyright laws that protect most of the traditional books that we all use. Therefore not all books can be made available to the general public for free. This takes us to our next key term creative commons .
Creative commons
Creative commons is an organization that deals with the issues of licensing by ensuring the provision of more licensing to avoid the issue of violating copyright laws. The allows creativity allowing people to worry less about issues of violation. They give out licenses known as creative common licenses, Wikipedia uses one of such licenses. Creative commons give out six major licenses which is derived from four major conditions: Attribution, Share alike, Non Commercial and No Derivative. Creative commons ensures that ownership of materials stays with the author unlike when the publishers take over ownership rights of books they publish from the authors. Creative commons is sponsored by a lot of different software companies this includes big names like Google and Microsoft. Creative commons has also been plagued with issues of violation of some rights.
MLA Commons
MLA stands for modern language association. Here people would present on this platform different articles .The article , material or book presented will then be reviewed by peers. The community will have the opportunity to contribute and decide if the material should be made available to everyone or if it should be taken down.
Gifted commons
Example of this is You Tube. Gifted commons is a place where expertise is given freely. On YouTube , you can watch videos on how to cook, how to fix you home , how to paint , how to download a document for free.
These are different steps that have been taking in order to take education to a different level and ensure open learning which is the peak of higher education. The success of this new way of learning will allow everyone all over the world the opportunity to obtain resources for learning at a very cheap rate , it will allow people to be able to contribute to the different books available to the general public, it will also allow us to control what is being published. Thus the high cost publishers place on different books will not be a barrier to learning anymore and the loss of creativity due to restrictions place by different copyright laws will no longer occur and people will be able to create freely.
OERs- Open Educational Resources
These includes any kind of teaching material like textbooks , full courses, course materials, syllabi, modules, lesson plan, videos, exams and techniques, that are made available to the public for free. Here the public can review the article or book that is about to be published and also work on it by adding to it or removing from it, they can also share with other people. The purpose of OERs is to make materials needed for education free because of the rising cost books. There have been issues with regards to the licensing of materials made open such as the violation of copyright laws that protect most of the traditional books that we all use. Therefore not all books can be made available to the general public for free. This takes us to our next key term creative commons .
Creative commons
Creative commons is an organization that deals with the issues of licensing by ensuring the provision of more licensing to avoid the issue of violating copyright laws. The allows creativity allowing people to worry less about issues of violation. They give out licenses known as creative common licenses, Wikipedia uses one of such licenses. Creative commons give out six major licenses which is derived from four major conditions: Attribution, Share alike, Non Commercial and No Derivative. Creative commons ensures that ownership of materials stays with the author unlike when the publishers take over ownership rights of books they publish from the authors. Creative commons is sponsored by a lot of different software companies this includes big names like Google and Microsoft. Creative commons has also been plagued with issues of violation of some rights.
MLA Commons
MLA stands for modern language association. Here people would present on this platform different articles .The article , material or book presented will then be reviewed by peers. The community will have the opportunity to contribute and decide if the material should be made available to everyone or if it should be taken down.
Gifted commons
Example of this is You Tube. Gifted commons is a place where expertise is given freely. On YouTube , you can watch videos on how to cook, how to fix you home , how to paint , how to download a document for free.
These are different steps that have been taking in order to take education to a different level and ensure open learning which is the peak of higher education. The success of this new way of learning will allow everyone all over the world the opportunity to obtain resources for learning at a very cheap rate , it will allow people to be able to contribute to the different books available to the general public, it will also allow us to control what is being published. Thus the high cost publishers place on different books will not be a barrier to learning anymore and the loss of creativity due to restrictions place by different copyright laws will no longer occur and people will be able to create freely.
Wednesday, October 2, 2013
A literacy of awareness
Our ability to learn depend on so many different factors, these includes.
Developmental factors
This is based on development of the brain, which varies in different people. It is said that we do not make use of our brain at the full capacity to which it can function, therefore almost everyone can be said to possess enough brain capacity to learn.
Cultural factor
The environment we live in affects our learning process. A child born and bred in the United States will be more advanced technologically than some other child in other countries that is less technologically advanced. The environment where you raise a child also matters a lot ,if a child is raised by an educated family , there is a high possibility that the child will get to college level of education but a child raised by a non educated parents will most likely drop out of school. With exceptions there has been a wide gap in the SAT scores of students raised by educated parents as compared to those raised by non educated parents.
Social factors
Our learning is also affected by the people around us. This is mostly due to peer pressure and competition .
Meta cognitive knowledge and meta cognitive experience are two broad categories used in describing metacognition. Metacognitive knowledge involves our ability decide if something is easy or difficult and our we plan on approaching it, we decide if an information is worth spending time on, we decide if the information is going to be of use to us . The more information we gather , the more our knowledge expands . Metacogintive experience on the other hand is based on our previous encounter with a similar information that we are trying analyse. We use the previous information that we have gathered to define the unknown , this will then enable us to add on to previous information from the new one we just encountered.
Developmental factors
This is based on development of the brain, which varies in different people. It is said that we do not make use of our brain at the full capacity to which it can function, therefore almost everyone can be said to possess enough brain capacity to learn.
Cultural factor
The environment we live in affects our learning process. A child born and bred in the United States will be more advanced technologically than some other child in other countries that is less technologically advanced. The environment where you raise a child also matters a lot ,if a child is raised by an educated family , there is a high possibility that the child will get to college level of education but a child raised by a non educated parents will most likely drop out of school. With exceptions there has been a wide gap in the SAT scores of students raised by educated parents as compared to those raised by non educated parents.
Social factors
Our learning is also affected by the people around us. This is mostly due to peer pressure and competition .
Meta cognitive knowledge and meta cognitive experience are two broad categories used in describing metacognition. Metacognitive knowledge involves our ability decide if something is easy or difficult and our we plan on approaching it, we decide if an information is worth spending time on, we decide if the information is going to be of use to us . The more information we gather , the more our knowledge expands . Metacogintive experience on the other hand is based on our previous encounter with a similar information that we are trying analyse. We use the previous information that we have gathered to define the unknown , this will then enable us to add on to previous information from the new one we just encountered.
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