Dear All
Like I mentioned on nicenet earlier that for most of us using a particular search engine was more of a habit where we hardly analysed if it was fulfilling our information needs...but now atleast I am more picky, choosing from so many options that were shared with us during the last week.
However I feel that there is a flip side to this too...as I tried using some academic search engines from noodletools to search for material on ABCD objectives model, and despite trying out various options hardly found any relevant material. Hence I went back to 'Google' and found relevant examples and material there. So I feel that it's not like giving up on an old habit of using "Google" just like that...at least I would require a bit more time to have trust in other seach engines, provided that I keep trying them out. One major realisation that I have had as a result of this 'web searching' discussion was that it made me aware that there are other options available besides just "Googling".
In addition I am glad that I tried to learn more about the ABCD model, as honest to God, I was never good at making 'clear' objectives. I know I wouldn't ace on it just after a week but at least I am becoming more aware of the 4 aspects of 'clear' objectives. I feel that the requirement that we had to share our objectives with the 'audience' was really tricky as that made us more conscious of what we were dishing out..as the students today are quite analytical...in other words 'difficult to fool':) which I feel is a major push for teachers to remain on their toes. I remember that we were hardly this analytical about our teachers...and even if we noticed certain weaknesses we would remain silent out of respect [at times even fear of reprimand]
So all in all I feel I have become just a fragment better reading about various aspects during the last week.
I must also say that I am really impressed with really valuable contributions of other course participants on nicenet...I'll try my best to be more interactive in the coming week as the course is now sinking into my routine schedule.
Good luck to everyone for week 3!
Cheers!
Saulat
Dear Saulat,
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with you! I also need time to trust other sites… or at least for a while try different search engines till I learn which ones are good for my needs! But even then I don't think I will not use google… the other search engines will be additional help. Maybe in the future one or two of them would be my main search engines… who knows?
Yours,
Khuloud.