Robert Perez

This e-portfolio is a reflection of my learning progress, research and discussions in my MDDE 610 course, thus showcasing some of my work as I complete the course. It will capture notes, images, screenshots or other artefacts that I consider important during my learning process in the course. MDDE 610 is a course that covers some of the most important communication technologies, and the portfolio will cover my impressions and thoughts about the technologies and how they can help enhance student learning in distance education courses. 

One of my main projects I am looking at in the long term is to convert an existing vocational English course at a Korean university into DE format. The Korean university in question is the Seoul National University of Science and Technology, commonly known as SeoulTech, and the course focuses on topics specializing in business and IT. From now on, when I talk about this course in this portfolio, I will refer to it as the SeoulTech English course or SeoulTech course. My goal is to analyze and identify the technologies that will help achieve the conversion to DE format. As such, my discussions on each of the technologies will be divided into two parts: 

1. A generic discussion of my general thoughts and impressions of the technology itself.
2. A more detailed discussion on how the technologies can be applied in developing a DE stream of this English course.

The technologies that the course discusses include:

1. Learning Management Systems (LMS) / Course Management Systems (CMS)
2. E-mail
3. List Servers & Email lists
4. Mobile Learning
5. Electronic portfolios
6. Web 2.0 applications, such as YouTube or Wiki's
7. Social Networking tools and blogs
8. Photograph Sharing tools
9. Text chatting
10. Web conferencing
11. Internet telephony
12. Videoconferencing

I hope you enjoy reading this portfolio as much as I have enjoyed developing it.