Prompt for the Reflection 1:
- What have you found engaging and helpful to your learning based on your experience so far in this course?
- Where do you need additional support?
What have you found engaging and helpful to your learning based on your experience so far in this course? Where do you need additional support?
I have found very engaging the following activities for Sessions 1 and 2:
My favorite activity was a Getting to Know You Group Activities. Through this exercise we have learned about each other, learned about cool technology tools, and created great profiles “Graphical representation of participants”. I liked Team Discussion activity as well because I got to know better my Team B members (Magellans).
I would say that Community and Collaboration (Whole Group) activity was a little bit confusing due to the chosen format of activity (just discussions). 90% it was summary of readings, and 10% was sharing of opinions. I think it would be more productive if we could have a scheduled chatting time for the group discussion.
In general, I think it was a very productive time (Session 1 and Session 2). All of us worked collaboratively with each other “ to promote trust, camaraderie, and interdependence.”
I am still not comfortable with the assignments organizations. Hope to improve that soon.
Thanks,
Marina
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Hi Marina
Thanks for your honest reflection. We will continue to use the discussion forum for some activities, however, there will be opportunities to use other tools to complete the WG tasks as well. I’ve duly noted your suggestion for having a chat, so I’ll consider in the future how to incorporate additional synchronous sessions. Obviously, the benefit of asynchronous communications is “anytime.”
Regarding assignments…I’m assuming you’re referring to those individual ones that are numbered? We try to organize all the individual assignments in one place (Overview/ Grading) section, but then as they are introduced in various sessions, you’ll find them referenced in the activity directions. I realize that the assignment #s are confusing. Would it help if you didn't think of them in terms of numbers? For instance, think of Assignment #1 as just your final project, and Assignment 5, just as Knowledge Checks. As you discovered, those individual assignments will not be completed in chronological order, in part because some have multiple parts and some are due at varying times. I would also suggest that you keep that Assignment Matrix handy, though I suspect you have already done that. ☺
Let me know how I can further help with understanding the assignments.
Donna
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