Abstract: The Web 2.0 technology is a new finding tool in online education to help make it more interactive and user friendly. In this study, a blog was used as a platform for developing Web Based Learning Portfolio (WBLP). In the Web Based Learning Portfolio (WBLP), the researcher introduced an online portfolio for the research students. Here, the portfolio was used to gather learning resources for various research aspects and also to put together the work of other researchers. The main objective of this research was to develop and evaluate a Web Based Learning Portfolio (WBLP). Samples for this study have been taken from M.Phil and Ph.D students enrolled in education at the University of Mumbai. Quantitative and qualitative mixed method paradigm was used for this research study. Formative and summative evaluation was used for this system. Two types of evaluation systems were used for evaluating the WBLP system. The formative evaluation process was mainly conducted concurrently with the development of the WBLP. The Main purpose of formative evaluation is to gather the information required for system development, its revisions and improvements. In contrast to formative evaluation, summative evaluation is purely a way to measure the performance of the WBLP system in the educational research field. For the summative evaluation, for experts, an open ended criterion had been given and for the students, a structured questionnaire and an open ended reflective question were given. The data collected from the students and experts was then used as a reference for further system revision and improvement. Structured questionnaire items were analysed by mean percentage of agreement and the comments received in the open ended question and the comment box was analyzed through qualitative coding process. Both the experts and the students were satisfied with the WBLP system and they also gave some suggestions for improving.
Keywords: Web Based Learning Portfolio, Formative evaluation, Summative evaluation.
Title: Web 2.0 Technology: An Excellent Platform for Educational Researchers
Author: Dr. Bijoy K.Thomas
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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