Introduction to Tyler's Wiki Work Blog

This blog was designed to document the contributions I made to the class wiki located at: http://wikis.apa.uoit.ca/wikis/EDUC5001-SEP10/index.php/Main_Page

Contributions consist of original writing that:

*adds new information to existing entries about a learning theory (behaviorism, humanistic psychology, connectivism, etc.) or other topic

* presents information about a previously excluded learning theory, theorist, researcher, or other topic, or

* revises entries made by others (to correct errors or to update the entry.

All entries are time stamped and labeled for quick reverance.

Pages

Sunday, July 6, 2014

Today, I finished adding content and organizing the Second Language Acquisition page for the class wiki - at least for the Principles of learning class!  My main goal was to leave this page organized to the point where other participants, who are interested in the field of SLA, can continue to work on it - present and future!  I feel the layout of the page is logical and effectively highlights the different theories that have developed in the field of SLA over time, at least the main ones!  During this process, I was able to link a lot of the theories to the content that already existed on the class wiki so I believe that this page is a great addition to the site as SLA is very multidisciplinary.

Looking at the finished content, I wish I could have completed more of the page, at least to the stage where I had a brief summary of each of the listed theories, not to mention, I was very eager to work on the Stephen Krashen section.  However, due to time limitations, I decided to focus on what I could finish at the start of the page which were sections 1 to 3.2.1.

Outside of changes to the main page, I was also able to add content to the following  links:

Grammar Translation Method
Series Method
Direct Method

My last edits of the day were to delete all the placeholders that I had on the page.

I feel learning about the class wiki was a great learning experience.  It was confusing at the start but it got easier as time went by.

 I look forward to seeing how my contributions lead to further developments on this site.











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