Open Learning Activities Experience

After participating in different activities in the last few weeks, I learned about how to participate in a Twitter chat, edit Wikipedia and create V&R map. Out of all I enjoyed Twitter char the most.

In the Twitter chat activity, I really enjoyed it because it allowed immediate response and I feel like I was interacting with someone face to face since I know that the person I am communicating with is also online. Apart from the immediate response, it also allowed information to flow in a less formal way, instead of being very academic-based. However, the Twitter chat is viewable to all users on Twitter as long as they searched for the same hashtag, which created privacy problems for users.  Users may be under the watch of strangers and they cannot protect their information(Cohen, 2020).

When I try to edit pages in Wikipedia in the beginning I faced some difficulties as I was unable to edit certain parts of the of the page so I went on and check what was happening; it turns out that Wikipedia has different types of lock that categories the page so they have different level of edibility to protect data privacy. Wikipedia also requires users to create an account to have access to editing resources. Wikipedia is one of the most visited websites in the world(Barbourb, 2019), it is important for Wikipedia to have accurate information and cite all resources. Students should use Wikipedia as a starting point but should not reply and cite from the website(Barbourb, 2019).

The Visitor and Resident Map helped me to orient my thought by using graphics and arrows to compose online images. The V&R clearly divides the information so information becomes easier to organize, however, I think that the V&R is somewhat limited as the use range is set, people might want to add information that is outside but are unable to classify them into the category.  However, V&R Map does not require users to log in to create a V&R map which is more convenient compared to Twitter chat and Wikipedia editing.

 

Reference

Barbour, B. (2019). Teaching Students How to Use Wikipedia Wisely. https://www.edutopia.org/article/teaching-students-how-use-wikipedia-wisely

Cohen, J. (n.d.). 12 tips for staying safe and secure on Twitter. PCMAG. Retrieved November 7, 2021, from https://www.pcmag.com/how-to/12-tips-for-staying-safe-and-secure-on-twitter