Air Pollution E-Learning Review---Abby(Ruyan Yao)

Our group choose the website about air pollution to do the e-learning review. I’d like to analysis this website in the following three parts:

1.     about the website’s outlook：There are four circle pictures which are buttons can be clicked to new links in the website. This is a relative interesting and attractive way to stimulate students’ motivation to learn the knowledge about air pollution. But the obvious shortages are: firstly, the picture shading is not suitable and good-looking; secondly, the configuration of titles about each part is lack of logic.

2.    about the details: There are four parts of the content. Except for normal sections the meaning of air pollution, the impact of air pollution, the ways to protect air and a project, there are some patulous links about some air protection organizations to rich the content and broad students’ horizon.       It’s quite specific and logical for the details. But the whole substance of this part is still delivered in traditional teacher-oriented mode without students’ own idea.

3.    about the project: It is a good way to evaluate how much the students learn from the website by doing group project. The project’s demands are meticulous and specific which limit the students’ creativity and the ability how to design a project by themselves. In my opinion, it’s not necessary to set the form about the feedback project. We suggest a project students can do if they want, but more own-designed activities are welcome, such like making model about the process of the air pollution, designing and sending air protecting posts or brochures.

Air Pollution e-Learning review---Janey (Jiani HU)

 

     I think the e-learning activity of air pollution is quite good but has its limitation. I will state my opinion divided into three parts: advantage , disadvantage and conclusion.

   

       Advantage

1.    Give out a clear list of aims, it let students understand what to learn quickly.

2.    Give out the resources’ link, it let students to learn more about the topic.

3.    Divided the whole learning into four parts: introduction of the air pollution, impact of the air pollution, measures of keeping the air clean and a project for students. It made the learning logical and suitable to cognition and constructivism.

4.    The flashes make the introduction intuitionistic and easy to understand.

Disadvantage

1.   Enough chart and pictures but too many words. Students who join this activity may not so patient to view all these words. Maybe it should use flash or movie to instead.

2.   The whole e-learning activity works like a lecture. Doesn’t let students to collect information and think out the solution themselves.

3.   The last part of project is too huge, it should let students think about the individual contribution.

4.   Doesn’t reach all goals effectively.

      Conclusion

   Refer to the SOLO system, if it could also be a standard for this situation, I think this e-learning activity can reach the level between 3 and 4 (between Multiple unrelated points and
Logically related answer).