Participation Portfolio: Suggestion for potential changes in this course for the future
One suggestion I would make is that maybe A1 or A3 could be shared on the weblog prior to submission. This way, individuals could view each other pitches and provide feedback. Thus, creating a tool that can be learned from and allowing for improvement in the skills being learned during the course. I am currently learning a lot through the interactions I am having through peer reviewing. I feel that this type of interaction earlier on in the course would have helped by allowing me to interact with my peers more and to see different vantages points that would have helped me in my learning process. This process is defiantly helpful at this stage but I think it would have been even more beneficial at an earlier stage.
Another suggestion I have is that maybe a different procedure or different form of course delivery could be used. I talked to some people in this course and found that they had similar frustrations as me when it came to participating in weekly online discussions. Posts get lost in the long threads due to the blog set up and get over looked, etc. I think it would be helpful if the posts were easier to find. This would allow for more back and forth dialogue.
Just a few things I noticed. What do you think?
Nureen
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kstackhouse 10:20 am on November 29, 2012 Permalink | Log in to Reply
I agree, it was easy to miss parts of conversations due to the blog set-up. It is much easier to follow the threads in a Vista forum posting. This is especially true considering how many groups presented and all of the external sites that were created where we were asked to participate in other locations.
Ken
tomwhyte1 12:15 pm on November 29, 2012 Permalink | Log in to Reply
I really liked the idea of a collective approach to the development of either or both A1 and A3. And for a lot of people, this may have increased value. My only caution, is for those potential students who truly want to use this class to help them develop an actual service/product. For these individuals, that collective environment, would reduce any chance of that product ever coming into existence, or intellectual property battles, if it becomes successful.
For myself, I would like the option of working in groups, or individually.
Thoughts?
kstackhouse 7:25 pm on November 29, 2012 Permalink | Log in to Reply
That is a good point to bring up. As you said, offering the option to work alone or in groups would be a good solution.
sophiabb 2:34 pm on December 2, 2012 Permalink | Log in to Reply
I think sharing our A3 on a weblog prior to submission is a very good suggestion. I have learned a lot for the collective feedback to my A3 as well as to others. I welcome the feedback from peers at this level; that feedback could make the difference between a good pitch and a great one.
sophiabb 2:52 pm on December 2, 2012 Permalink | Log in to Reply
I also think that we could post our A3 ideas in a general pool. This could facilitate a team work approach for students with similar ideas.