Post by sohanawaqar on Oct 29, 2014 20:40:24 GMT -5
The overall experience for this class was in one word overwhelming. The class started off pretty simple at the beginning of the semester, which is normal even for in person classes. The only thing that bothered me was the posting to Twitter everyday, I just found it to be annoying if anything. Posting to Instagram wasn't too bad though, since it was only two postings per day.
Something else that I found slightly strange was the fact that the report and presentation were hardly ever mentioned in the start of the semester, I feel as if the kind of spring up on me. I know the syllabus mentioned the report and presentation, but I don't think they were mentioned again until way later. Since the report was pretty long, I just wish we had been reminded of the assignments a lot earlier so we could have planned accordingly. Although I will say, because of this I learned how to time manage and make time for my job and class work.
Working in teams for an online class was the most difficult part about this class. Thankfully, a majority of my team was responsive and willing to put in work, but I can only imagine what it would have been like if I had been one of the unlucky ones who had irresponsible team members. Although our team did have its ups and downs, I would say overall, my team pulled through and did a pretty great job of putting together the report and presentation.
If I could suggest anything I would say to perhaps narrow down the final project to either to just a presentation or paper, not both. I understand this is a 3 credit course but realistically speaking, the fact that it's online and a six week course makes it very difficult to produce both.
Something else that I found slightly strange was the fact that the report and presentation were hardly ever mentioned in the start of the semester, I feel as if the kind of spring up on me. I know the syllabus mentioned the report and presentation, but I don't think they were mentioned again until way later. Since the report was pretty long, I just wish we had been reminded of the assignments a lot earlier so we could have planned accordingly. Although I will say, because of this I learned how to time manage and make time for my job and class work.
Working in teams for an online class was the most difficult part about this class. Thankfully, a majority of my team was responsive and willing to put in work, but I can only imagine what it would have been like if I had been one of the unlucky ones who had irresponsible team members. Although our team did have its ups and downs, I would say overall, my team pulled through and did a pretty great job of putting together the report and presentation.
If I could suggest anything I would say to perhaps narrow down the final project to either to just a presentation or paper, not both. I understand this is a 3 credit course but realistically speaking, the fact that it's online and a six week course makes it very difficult to produce both.