Did you find the use of Multimedia helpful?

I will say yes becuase theories like,Behaviourism and Cognitivism were explaind very well and by watching the videos make me understand each theory well unlike just reading. Behaviourism claim that learning is not taking place in the mind, learning is caused by environmental stimuli and they used different videos to explain positive and negative reinforcement,shaping of behavior,and programmed instruction. Cognitivism theory is totally against Behaviourism, as it is more concern about the mind. With Cognitivism learning takes place in the mind as it is the mind that links stimuli and response. The two theories are very interesting as each and every one supports its argument, and as a teacher you have to choose the one which suits you best. And for you to be able to choose you must have specific outcomes and objectives for your lessons.

Reflection of the first part of the course.

So far I will say all components of the course are important as we learn different things from each. The reading from Angelo (1999) helped me to develop new skills by using the hot potato tool to formulate multiple choice questions that gives you immediate feedback and saves time(automated assessment).The Social Presence session was also very interesting and also an eye opener to teachers that you don't only need to be in class to share ideas and informationwith your learners.

Plagiarism and the Internet

Plagiarism refers to presenting or submitting one's work as your own without citation or credits(University of Northern British Columbia,1997,p.1) Plagirism is a very serious offence which most students are not aware off,sometimes students do it intentionally or unintentionally.Students sometimes borrow their friends' work and submit it as their own.They also copy and paste information from the website without acknowledging the source. With safe assign all this can be prevented as students can run their work through it before submitting. Safe assign helps students to know the percent of their plagiarism and they can avoid it.I prefere my assignment being run through safe assign software package to make sure that the work that I'm submitting and the ideas that i have used are acknowledged and proper citation is used in referencing.