Final evaluation of E-learning

At the beginning of this subject, I was thinking that it had something to do with e-portfolio which I did at last semester. E-learning is a new technology to me which I have never had before in my education life. It is really hard to convince people to accept new technology. As this subject is compulsory, I have to face this new technology and eventually, I’m satisfied with this new technology and can see the benefits from using it.

During the semester, I have been looking at lots of new things which can help my further education like Netvibes, Delicious, Edubolgs, Second Life program, blogging and on-line short courses and so on. Victoria was patient enough to explain and show us how to create those accounts and tell us the benefits from using them. Also she asked us to do lots of class activities to demonstrate on those new knowledge which provide us a interesting and easy way to accept it.

I would like to say that I enjoyed this subject more than I thought I would. I also would like to continue this blog when I will do another e-learning course next year.

German Course

I just finished four hours online German course from bbc website. It was an interesting experience of learning a new language. As I said, I have learnt beginner level last year in the class in USYD. It is quite different from a in-class teaching.

The advantage is that you can do whenvere you can and it is always there. The conversation is very in common and it is quite useful for travelling to Germany. The disadavantage is that there is still lack of basic knowledge like how to pronunce the alphabets. Some of them are familiar with English so if you are an English background speaker , the pronunciation is not a problem to you at all. But if it is like me, from none English background , the correct pronunciation of basic alphabets is essential to be taught by a teacher.

Also, the online course didn’t apply you how to learn the gramma. In the class, teacher tells you the easiest way to learn this special gramma but not in the on-line course. In addition, you can ask any question to the teacher in the class but no one you can ask when you do an on-line course.

Thus, short on-line course is just suitable for the people who just want to know some greeting sentences or to very basic information about Germany. The on-line course is becoming more and more popular but it is not efficient way to lear a new language. However, it is a good learning tool to get started on a language course online. It gives you a briefe outline of a new language and you will know if you are interested in learning this course continued or not in a short time, won’t waste your time!!

e-Test

By accidently, I found a website about eTest. I’m quite curious about it and then started to find our more about this.

eTest.net is an online testing company specializing in pre-employment testing and assessment. Its mission is to provide cost-effective screening tools to help their Clients make informed, efficient, and affordable hiring decisions.

Incorporated in 1997, eTest was originally conceived of as an online testing service for its founding company, Management Psychology Group, a professional industrial-organizational psychology firm in Atlanta, GA. Since that time, It has grown to service an international community of companies, all with the goal of improving and refining their hiring and retention practices.

On the other hand, eTest is a learning tool for the company to help customers for different aims.
The company learns to understand its customer’s personality, behaviour,psychology,etc by using of this tool. This helps the company effectively to develop their customer’s business in the future. I think eTest can be a new learning tool for some companies in the future!

You can find out FAQs about eTest from following website.
http://ielts.etest.net/faqs.html