Week 4 Media Project

This week is just a continuation of the thesis project due this week. Many nights of fine tuning the information and finding pictures and video clips that can offer some insight has been difficult. I am very hard on myself and feel the pressure of wanting to do a good job and feeling like it is not adequate. I am excited about seeing other peoples projects and ideas that my classmates are coming up with. I have had the privilege of working with some outstanding people in my class. Not only is there a plethora of talent but everyone has been very helpful and supportive throughout the entire process.
I have learned so much and this project is no exception to the rule. The project has made me think deeper about my thesis and forced me to research in more detail the many aspects of what I am trying to get across. I am looking forward to the last month with confidence and dreaming of the day I graduate May 7th. Woo Hoo!!!!

Here is my Udutu project link:

http://publish.myudutu.com/published/launcheval/16728/Course30719/Launch.html

Week 1 Project of the Week

Week one's project is the content proposal which is due the first part of week two. Having listened in on the wimba session to get a better understanding of what is required I am now ready to begin the task of writing the proposal. My thesis is "Gender Differences in Online Learning: A Biological Factor". The problem proposed is that men and women learn differently due to biological factors from birth and therefore there needs to be more gender neutral training that greatly reduces the differences. One of the solutions is to incorporate web 2.0 technologies that encompass both verbal and visual learning while stimulating kinesthetics to induce the various forms of learning styles. Another solution is to raise overall expectations of individuals to increase their success to learning.
Bringing these solutions to a working project that endorses the solutions will be challenging for me. My thought is to conduct a Utudu training module that contains various movies, podcasts, interactive assesments and learning aids while guiding the learner to a better of understanding of the gender differences and how to overcome them. My objective is to give a cognitive leraning domain where knowledge is the key to learning.
I am going to find the proposal to be the easy part of the entire project. Putting it all together will be the real reward and hopefully I can put it all together succesfully.