Dr Paula Hodgson Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong Hong Kong SAR, China This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License .

Key foci Liferay features Class level Group level Personal level A case study of using Liferay in blended mode of learning

Liferay features

Class level

Group level

Personal level

A case study of using Liferay in blended mode of learning

Web 2.0 technologies ‘ the trend in the use of World Wide Web technology and web design that aims to enhance creativity , information sharing , and, most notably, collaboration among users’ Wikipedia

‘ the trend in the use of World Wide Web technology and web design that aims to enhance creativity , information sharing , and, most notably, collaboration among users’

Wikipedia

Personal ‘digital footprint’ Web logs (Word Press) YouTube Photo gallery (Picasa)

Web logs (Word Press)

YouTube

Photo gallery (Picasa)

Using Web 2.0 in education Learning Management System (Blackboard [WebCT], ILN) LMS + Web 2.0 applications (blog, wiki, photo gallery) SIGN ON please!!!

Learning Management System (Blackboard [WebCT], ILN)

LMS + Web 2.0 applications (blog, wiki, photo gallery)

Liferay for educational use An enterprise open-source portal Aggregating content with a collection of Web 2.0 technologies Highly customized portlets (applications) THREE-tier learning space

An enterprise open-source portal

Aggregating content with a collection of Web 2.0 technologies

Highly customized portlets (applications)

THREE-tier learning space

Porlets Forum: Tutorial questions

Liferay in class level directly write their teaching notes and publish them in a web format without the technical skills usually required for web publishing; upload all teaching resources to a document library; set bookmarks linking to current Web resources and subject resources available from the library;

directly write their teaching notes and publish them in a web format without the technical skills usually required for web publishing;

upload all teaching resources to a document library;

set bookmarks linking to current Web resources and subject resources available from the library;

Porlets – enriched resources Powerpoint linking with videos

Liferay in class level (2) (4) set up an events calendar to remind students of key activities; (5) set up polls to enable students to vote on current issues; (6) set the viewing mode of a PowerPoint presentation or materials related to the course through YouTube;

(4) set up an events calendar to remind students of key activities;

(5) set up polls to enable students to vote on current issues;

(6) set the viewing mode of a PowerPoint presentation or materials related to the course through YouTube;

Porlets – enriched resources

Liferay in class level (3) (7) set up a photo gallery to document events; and (8) set tutorial questions – SUBSCRIBE with RSS feeds The RSS feeds allow learners to be flexible in subscribing to any current information from one or more source, and the content can be aggregated for reading in ‘one convenient and coherent view’ (Martindale & Wiley, 2005, p. 56)

(7) set up a photo gallery to document events; and

(8) set tutorial questions – SUBSCRIBE with RSS feeds

The RSS feeds allow learners to be flexible in subscribing to any current information from one or more source, and the content can be aggregated for reading in ‘one convenient and coherent view’

(Martindale & Wiley, 2005, p. 56)

Subscribing forum discussion

Liferay in group level Private Public

Portlets in group level Blogs Wiki

Liferay in personal level

Using Liferay for learning and teaching: a case study Organizational Learning in Business Enterprises Course set up: Blended learning mode Class level: Weekly tutorial questions (online forum) Group level: Group project Blogs – process and reflection (group and individual) Wiki + discussion– report writing Individual reflection (paper-based)

Organizational Learning in Business Enterprises

Course set up:

Blended learning mode

Class level: Weekly tutorial questions (online forum)

Group level: Group project

Blogs – process and reflection (group and individual)

Wiki + discussion– report writing

Individual reflection (paper-based)

Observed learning experiences through Liferay Class level Regular input by learners in forum discussion Group level Private blogs – sharing resources (company information) and reflecting on group processes

Class level

Regular input by learners in forum discussion

Group level

Private blogs – sharing resources (company information) and reflecting on group processes

Observed learning experiences through Liferay Group level (cont’d) Wiki – with discussion, but showed little attempt to make changes on peer work Individual level Did not report on problems in forum activities Ready to share resources Using MSN, Google doc

Group level (cont’d)

Wiki – with discussion, but showed little attempt to make changes on peer work

Individual level

Did not report on problems in forum activities

Ready to share resources

Using MSN, Google doc

Conclusion Liferay has high potentials to enrich learning experiences Through single sign on to all portlets (Web 2.0 applications) Allowing flexibility to design three levels of learning space Developing students’ ability to plan, draft and critically review Stimulating intellectual development through using blogs and wiki

Liferay has high potentials to enrich learning experiences

Through single sign on to all portlets (Web 2.0 applications)

Allowing flexibility to design three levels of learning space

Developing students’ ability to plan, draft and critically review

Stimulating intellectual development through using blogs and wiki

Acknowledgement Mr Calvin Yu, the course lecturer, who has shown great enthusiasm in teaching and provides innovative inspiration to his students through the use of Liferay in his teaching in the Hong Kong Community College. Ms Wing Cheng, who works in the eLearning Development and Support Service (eLDSS) in the Educational Development Centre of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University to provide technical support.

Mr Calvin Yu, the course lecturer, who has shown great enthusiasm in teaching and provides innovative inspiration to his students through the use of Liferay in his teaching in the Hong Kong Community College.

Ms Wing Cheng, who works in the eLearning Development and Support Service (eLDSS) in the Educational Development Centre of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University to provide technical support.

Dr Paula Hodgson Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong Hong Kong SAR, China Contact: etpaula@hku.hk