Web 2.0 refers to a second generation of web-based communities which allows users to participate and share amongst themselves.
User Generated Contents (UGC), a part of Web 2.0 concept, is so popular these days. Just go to sites such as YouTube. You will see millions of videos uploaded and viewed by millions of people from around the world.
Common factors for most UGCs are that they are fun and interesting. That’s it. Yes you get a good laugh at it, but there’s nothing more to it. Or sometimes they contain scenes of violence that are not appropriate for the younger generation.
Therefore as a father, I’ve always been precautious about what my daughter is exposed to online. Especially now that my daughter is enjoying her break from school, her time spent online has increased.
However, I’m relieved to see that many teachers have started creating channels at UGC sites such as Pandora.tv to upload their own UGCs for the students, which the students were not able to learn in schools. This is a different concept from Mega-study. Mega-study is a professional online learning site which the students can go and learn online for pay.
Because these UGCs uploaded by the teachers are provided for free, these channels are becoming very popular among the student. There is one teacher in particular who goes by the name of “Young-Chun”, who uses masks used in movies to teach English. Many feel that this is very effective because it’s fun at the same time educational.
The most positive effect this teacher based UGCs brings I believe is that it allows love and openness between teachers and students to grow. Teachers aren’t making these UGCs to make profit. When the students realize that the teachers are taking their precious time to make these videos for THEM, they wouldn’t just blow it away.
I hope this trend of teacher based UGCs would spread to other nations; that it would bring positive learning effects for our next generation.
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