Objectives:

• To deploy and evaluate a Web 2.0 platform with RSS and social tagging capabilities for students to use.
• To identify and provide an initial set of RSS feeds for the piloted subjects.
• To measure students’ appreciation for the new learning environment and gauge its impact on learning.
• To explore the possibility and effectiveness of extending the provided platform to be part of the Personal Learning Environment (PLE) for lifelong learning

Remarks:

The PLE was found to be very beneficial not only to the students but also to the teachers. The project leader commented that he could use it to passively gauge student’s understanding of what have been taught in class by observing what students have discussed and the frequencies and details of their posts and replies. This has helped him to improve his teaching from this to another semester. With the PLE, he was able to bring graduates and current students together, which was greatly favoured by the students especially for the final year students who were working on a practical topic. The project leader would like to continue to use the PLE in the subjects that he would teach.

Outcomes & Deliverables:

• A Guideline for Setting up the Personal Learning Environment & Network (PLE&N)
• Personal Learning Environment & Network (PLE&N)