My favorite thing about the class was how we blogged about the different concepts that we learned throughout the semester. I thought it was pretty cool that in order to participate in class, the students had to blog, which when you hear “blog” you think of social networking sites that are not beneficial to one’s life. I also liked the feedback I received from the other students in the blogs because it felt as if we were all engaging about learning the subject, even though were not physically there.
My least favorite thing about the class is having to learn the concepts on my own (I know it is an online course). I know that if we were to meet up in person or maybe even have the professor show videos of her teaching, I would understand the course a bit easier. Also, I really didn’t like how the tests and especially the quizzes were limited. It felt as if there was so much to do in so little time…I think it would be better if the test time limit were as long as regular class meetings such as an hour and 15 minutes or at least 45 minutes to an hour.
This class can be improved by providing the right answers to the tests and quizzes. Everybody learns from his or her mistakes. I feel that if I were to be able to know what the correct answers were I would understand the different concepts a bit more clearer rather than being clueless in what question I got wrong and right. After taking the tests and quizzes, I would not feel confident in any of my answers just because I wasn’t able to receive feedback from them; instead, I was just in doubt.
Hey Emcee!
ReplyDeleteI totally I agree with you that learning online (or learning on your own) is really difficult to do! I think the idea of having the teacher post videos of her teaching would be fantastic!! I'm not one to go the online chat or request to skype, so I think that's a great idea! I also agree with you on the issue of tests and quizzes, as I felt super rushed and nervous. I would be flipping through the pages in a panic if I couldn't remember a concept. Finally, I said exactly the same thing about the tests and quizzes on my own blog. I don't like how we never get the answers to the tests back because I feel like I don't understand why I got the things wrong that I did, and how can you improve when you don't know what needs to be improved?
Yo :)
ReplyDeleteI agree with getting feedback in the form of your peers comments to your blog, but I'm not sure I think of blogs as something not beneficial to my life ;)
Anyways, I just wanted to tell you that it was wonderful meeting you and I think we did a great job on all our projects! You were the glue that held the team together and I really appreciate that.
On a second note, I completely agree about providing the answers to the tests. It's hard to submit a score, get a lower grade than you would have liked, and then not know what you got wrong. I know that there is a certain risk factor because you can have group members who cheat and look at the answers of another students, but I think if you release the answers after every student has taken the test it would not only help us learn, but help us out in studying for the final. We covered a lot of material in this class and it would be nice to have a couple study guides to go from.