DRAFT LEARNING PROPOSAL:
NAME: RANJEET ELKUNCHWAR (Rj)
STUDENT NO: 10497321 (Msc ADV COMP)
PERSONAL LEARNING NEEDS:
- SWOT:
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- STRENGTHS: CRITICAL AND ANALYTICAL THINKING, RESEARCH, TIME MANAGEMENT, CONCURRENT STUDIES
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- WEAKNESSES: PROGRAMMING ABILITIES
- OPPORTUNITES: LEARNING CUTTING EDGE TECHNOLOGIES AND LANGUAGES (BOTH BRIEFLY AND IN DEPTH)
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- 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
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- 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
- PROFILE (I SHOULD HAVE A PROFILE WHICH CAN BE VIEWED BY THE USERS ON THE NETWORK)
- THE USERS SHALL HAVE TO LOGIN AND BE REGISTERED TO BE A PART OF THE NETWORK.
- 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
- PROFILE: MY NAME, SEX, D.O.B AND EMAIL ADDRESS OR A SPECTRUM OF OTHER DETAILS.
- OPTIONS TO APPROVE/REJECT OR DELETE A USER.
- OPTIONS FOR THE USERS TO UNREGISTER.
- 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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