DRAFT LEARNING PROPOSAL:

NAME: RANJEET ELKUNCHWAR (Rj)

STUDENT NO: 10497321 (Msc ADV COMP)

PERSONAL LEARNING NEEDS:

• SWOT:

• 1. STRENGTHS: CRITICAL AND ANALYTICAL THINKING, RESEARCH, TIME MANAGEMENT, CONCURRENT STUDIES

• 2. WEAKNESSES: PROGRAMMING ABILITIES

• 3. OPPORTUNITES: LEARNING CUTTING EDGE TECHNOLOGIES AND LANGUAGES (BOTH BRIEFLY AND IN DEPTH)

• 4. THREATS: TIME CONSTRAINTS, FULL TIME STUDIES

• LEARNING NEEDS IN DMT:

• LEARNING CUTTING EDGE WEB TECHNOLOGIES ( HTML,XHTML, CSS, PHP &JAVA SCRIPT-ing) IN SUFFICIENT DETAIL.

• APPLY THESE INTO THE FINAL PROJECT.

• LEARN IN DEPTH ABOUT THE WEB BASED ENVIRONMENT.

LEARNING PLAN:

• OBJECTIVES:

• GAIN AN UNDERSTANDING OF HTML, XHTML, CSS, PHP AND JAVA SCRIPT

• GAIN PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE IN THE USE OF THESE TECHNOLOGIES

• STRATEGIES:

• UNDERSTAND BASIC CONCEPTS OF EACH TECHNOLOGY

• DEVELOP/DISCOVER AN INTEREST IN ONE OR MORE

• EXPLORE THEM FURTHER

• • USING THE FOLLOWING RESOURCES TO HELP REALISE THE STATED OBJECTIVES:

• STUDY MATERIAL (LECTURE NOTES AND COURSE DOCUMENTS)

• RECOMMENDED REFERENCES (BOTH HARD COPY AND ONLINE)

• REPUTED ONLINE SOURCES ( E.G W3C )

• ONLINE TUTORIALS

• OTHER RESOURCES: SCHOLARLY ARTICLES, BOOKS AND ONLINE RESOURCES

PROPOSED PROJECT:

AT A VERY BROAD LEVEL, I PLAN TO CREATE A PORTAL SIMILAR TO ORKUT (www.orkut.com) OR HI5 (www.hi5.com). THESE ARE POPULAR PEER/SOCIAL NETWORK PORTALS. I ENVISAGE TO CREATE A SIMILAR NETWORK WITH MINIMAL ATTRIBUTES AS THESE NETWORKS USE. I SHALL SPLIT THE PROJECT INTO THREE PHASES OF DEVELOPMENT

PHASE ONE:

I SHALL CREATE A BASIC WORKING MODEL WHICH SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING ATTRIBUTES

1. PROFILE (I SHOULD HAVE A PROFILE WHICH CAN BE VIEWED BY THE USERS ON THE NETWORK)
2. THE USERS SHALL HAVE TO LOGIN AND BE REGISTERED TO BE A PART OF THE NETWORK.
3. I SHOULD BE ABLE TO INVITE USERS TO JOIN/ADD A CONTACT.

PHASE TWO:

ACHIEVING A HIGHER LEVEL DESIGN OF PHASE ONE. ADDING EXTRA FEATURES AS

1. PROFILE: MY NAME, SEX, D.O.B AND EMAIL ADDRESS OR A SPECTRUM OF OTHER DETAILS.
2. OPTIONS TO APPROVE/REJECT OR DELETE A USER.
3. OPTIONS FOR THE USERS TO UNREGISTER.
4. PROFILE VIEWS ETC

PHASE THREE:

ADDITIONAL FEATURES (TIME PERMITTING) TO ADD OTHER BLOGS I RUN, A PHOTO ALBUM, RSS FEEDS ETC.

SCHEDULE:

• GAIN BASIC UNDERSTANDING OF ALL TECHNOLOGIES

• EXPLORE THEM FURTHER IN DETAIL

• SET SMALL AND ACHIEVABLE GOALS AND TARGETS

• BRING THE WHOLE LEARNING EXPERIENCE TOGETHER IN THE FINAL PROJECT

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