Review of mobile phone wiki

The wiki forum on mobile phones was reflective of several learning theories, these included Cognitivism, Contructivism and Connectivism. It was evident that the activity required us (the learner) to learn by processing new information that may have occurred during research or to process alternative views from fellow learners which is reflective of Cognitivism. The use of the Contructivism theory is backed up by the fact that we learned by social interaction on the wiki, we were able to look at other ideas\views, add to, and relate to our own views or provide an alternative opinion. It was also evident that the Connectivism theory was reflective of this activity as we could provide others with links to other information sources that could take us to more information about specific topics.

The characteristics of the wiki design that made my decisions of which learning theories were used are as follows;

·         Social

·         Access to further resources

·         Required mental processing of new and alternative ideas

·         Develop new understandings

There is not a lot of feedback, it allows learners to put forward the idea they already know without requiring  much research. It is very opinionated. But for those that look into other opinions in detail it allows them to see a different perspective and as mentioned earlier access to a wide range of resources.

This type of activity allows students to look at other perspectives that they may not have thought of previous which allows them to have a broader range of thinking and access resources they may never had encountered. The de Bono's six thinking hats scaffolding kept an order about the perspectives that were put forward. They allowed the learner to respond to a set of questions which influenced the views expressed.

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DE BONO'S 6 THINKING HATS

This technique, created by Dr Edward de Bono, each colour hat represents a different thinking style. This is used to create clear scaffolding allowing to explore six different aspects to any situation.

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