week 6

Reflect on what you have learned in the class and how you will use it professionally as both a lifelong learner and an instructional systems professional (or whatever field you’re in).

In this class, I have not only learned a lot of technologies related to web 2.0, but also the main principles beneath web 2.0, which I think it is much more important.
The technologies, such like Diigo, Stumbleup, second life, are totally new to me. I have heard of them, however, never tried them. Because of this class, I have lots of practice of these technologies. Among these tools, personally, I like Diigo very much. It’s very convenient for the students and internet users to track and record what they have read online. I think this company and the idea (highlight and notes) will be more popular within three years, with the development of online book. Right now, such as Google and Amazon, some companies have started to provide online reading services. If they could combine the Diigo’s function into their own websites, they will take advance in the business.

In addition, how to manage and promote web 2.0 and how to deal with the copy right protection issue also attract me. Sometimes, big changes with the development of new technologies will freeze out the companies. Hence, how to incorporate the new tech into their own situation becomes the first priority these companies face. In this class, we have talked lots of the strategies to promote the utilization of web 2.0. I have also learned a lot from some specific articles.
As an instructional designer, our main responsibility is to design effective method to improve learning and performance. Web 2.0 provides another approach to achieve our goal. Collaborative learning and collaborative intelligence, which is the core theme of web 2.0, is very functional for us. So, we should keep the strategies and the themes of web 2.0 in mind and carefully plan to incorporate this method into our work. Even though right now, in my working setting, web 2.0 is not broadly used. I do believe, with the advance of this technology, people could realize the value of web 2.0 and benefit from it with three years.