Formative and Summative Evaluation May 3, 2006
Posted by architelago in Blog Metrics, Research.add a comment
Here's a useful paper by George K. Marsh of University of Alabama on formative and summative evaluation of education programs.
Formative evaluation is a way to detect prolems and weakesses in components in order to revise them. Summative evaluation is a process that concerns final evaluation to ask if the project or program met its goals.
More Reviews on iBlog 2. . .iBlog 3 in the Works? May 2, 2006
Posted by architelago in Uncategorized.3 comments
Ms. Janette Toral of the Philippine Internet Review was nice enough to mention Architelago's review on iBlog 2. Thanks, Ms. Janette.
All the more, I am convinced that this move to WordPress is a great,wonderful thing. Wouldn't have known about Janette's comments if not for the meta features of WordPress.
Her post led me to the intriguing article of Erwin Oliva of Inq7.Net that blogging is still seen as an 'elitist' activity. This is an opinion by Dr. Ronald Meinardus of My Liberal Times. He says that in the Philippines, blogging is limited to those who are educated, have access to technology, and earn higher incomes. In physical resources, yes. But there is nothing like the blog that has encouraged so much citizen's journalism here and worldwide, that it is definitely far from elitist. The conference emphasizes how much privilege and responsibility bloggers have in sharing both their physical resources and intellectual capital. A little knowledge need not be a dangerous thing.
So, Ms. Janette, how do you see Pinoy Bloggers moving forward with i Blog 3? How do we keep our community growing and glowing?
Communities in Cyberspace May 2, 2006
Posted by architelago in Communities of Practice, E-learning, Research.2 comments
Came across the draft article of introduction to the book, Communities in Cyberspace by Peter Kollock and Marc Smith of University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). It gives a good overview of the implications of online interactions in building virtual communities in light of four key concepts: (1) identity, (2) social order and control, (3) community structure and dynamics, and (4) collective action. This final article appeared in the book "Communities in Cyberspace" (1999, London:Routledge).
