I feel badly, Constantine, that you did not receive more immediate response to your request for assistance with your technology question. I personally tend to be very independent, and my first semester in this program I tried to muscle through every academic task completely on my own. The problem is, there were times when I really needed help and waited far too long to ask for it. In fact, I'd wait until I was reduced to tears (which doesn't happen to me often), and so thoroughly frustrated that by the time help was offered I was in no mental state to even listen to it. I find the professors in this program to be generally very prompt with answers to questions, but I also learned some very important lessons about being willing to ask for help from classmates, and to ask for it before I become so frustrated that I can't even think straight about the help I am being given. I have found my classmates to be extraordinarily generous with their assistance; we are a learning community in the truest sense of the word, and I feel a genuine sense of generosity in the support I am offered from my cohorts. So I feel bad that you didn't get the answers you were looking for in a timely manner on this occasion.
I think the video you selected was on target for your subject, and I personally appreciated that it was brief. I know we were told up to 20 minutes, but I fear my attention span is shorter than that. I liked the phrase "commitment to turnaround" used by the speaker in the video. Good topic; it resonated with me.
A few more thoughts. In reviewing the given rubric for grading blogs, I feel your blog reveals reflective thought about the topic and is written in a style appropriate for your audience. You have incorporated a video as required. There are few, if any, errors in spelling, punctuation, and grammar. I did not see a bibliography to cite your sources.
Hi Terry, what did you think about the blog itself? There are many areas to consider with online course content, such as what kind of feedback could be most effective when giving immediate feedback. The research in this area is quite interesting and rather eye opening. For instance, when giving feedback to English Online students, it is important that the feedback be immediate and thoughtful to the point of being instructive in quality. What do you think?
Thank you for sharing, Constantine. It can be stressful with getting feedback from online courses. I see where you are coming from, in the blog. I do believe it is extremely important to get feedback, and see what can enhance the curriculum.
Hi Robert. What is your experience with this situation? Do you remember when you had to wait and wait and wait and finally, when you thought it would not happen, the instructor answered you? I sure do. Most of the time, it was too late and I had to move on to another assignment. I have also had instructors who never game me any feedback except for a grade and when the grade was not really that good, it prevented me from growing and really learning because there was no comments about why my grade was low.
I feel badly, Constantine, that you did not receive more immediate response to your request for assistance with your technology question. I personally tend to be very independent, and my first semester in this program I tried to muscle through every academic task completely on my own. The problem is, there were times when I really needed help and waited far too long to ask for it. In fact, I'd wait until I was reduced to tears (which doesn't happen to me often), and so thoroughly frustrated that by the time help was offered I was in no mental state to even listen to it. I find the professors in this program to be generally very prompt with answers to questions, but I also learned some very important lessons about being willing to ask for help from classmates, and to ask for it before I become so frustrated that I can't even think straight about the help I am being given. I have found my classmates to be extraordinarily generous with their assistance; we are a learning community in the truest sense of the word, and I feel a genuine sense of generosity in the support I am offered from my cohorts. So I feel bad that you didn't get the answers you were looking for in a timely manner on this occasion.
ReplyDeleteI think the video you selected was on target for your subject, and I personally appreciated that it was brief. I know we were told up to 20 minutes, but I fear my attention span is shorter than that. I liked the phrase "commitment to turnaround" used by the speaker in the video. Good topic; it resonated with me.
A few more thoughts. In reviewing the given rubric for grading blogs, I feel your blog reveals reflective thought about the topic and is written in a style appropriate for your audience. You have incorporated a video as required. There are few, if any, errors in spelling, punctuation, and grammar. I did not see a bibliography to cite your sources.
ReplyDeleteHi Terry, what did you think about the blog itself? There are many areas to consider with online course content, such as what kind of feedback could be most effective when giving immediate feedback. The research in this area is quite interesting and rather eye opening. For instance, when giving feedback to English Online students, it is important that the feedback be immediate and thoughtful to the point of being instructive in quality. What do you think?
DeleteI think it is an important topic; I thought the video you selected was relevant to the blog topic; I agree that timely feedback is important.
DeleteThank you for sharing, Constantine. It can be stressful with getting feedback from online courses. I see where you are coming from, in the blog. I do believe it is extremely important to get feedback, and see what can enhance the curriculum.
ReplyDeleteHi Robert. What is your experience with this situation? Do you remember when you had to wait and wait and wait and finally, when you thought it would not happen, the instructor answered you? I sure do. Most of the time, it was too late and I had to move on to another assignment. I have also had instructors who never game me any feedback except for a grade and when the grade was not really that good, it prevented me from growing and really learning because there was no comments about why my grade was low.
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