{"id":38,"date":"2013-07-07T20:08:43","date_gmt":"2013-07-08T03:08:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/shisandy\/?p=38"},"modified":"2013-07-15T16:42:33","modified_gmt":"2013-07-15T23:42:33","slug":"module-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/shisandy\/2013\/07\/07\/module-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Module 4"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Moment of Madness
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No excellent soul is exempt from a mixture of madness.
\n-Aristotle<\/p>\n

Yikes this week has been very intense!\u00a0 It has been a frenetic, mad, amazing, invigorating mess.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0I\u2019ve learned so much this past week.\u00a0 I\u2019m trying things I normally wouldn’t do.\u00a0 I\u2019m gathering a collection of great information from everyone in the class.\u00a0 I\u2019m getting fantastic ideas for the classroom. \u00a0It\u2019s been both a confusing and enlightening experience.\u00a0 Therefore I thought Aristotle\u2019s quote summed up my feelings of the course so far.\u00a0 I\u2019m learning amazing things, but it\u2019s a wild and crazy ride.\u00a0 There\u2019s times when I\u2019m completely overwhelmed and frustrated.\u00a0 After some reflection, I\u2019ve concluded that the following issues are adding to my \u2018madness\u2019:<\/p>\n

1. Amount of Course Content<\/p>\n

I feel that the course is a complete transplant of the same format and information coverage from a 14 week online course.\u00a0 I understand it\u2019s in a condensed and accelerated format, but I don\u2019t think the on campus course takes in consideration that we need time to review and digest.\u00a0 A concept is explained to us and the next thing I know we\u2019re doing research, while the concept has just barely solidified in my mind.\u00a0 We start at point A and before I reach to point B, we\u2019re already at point C.\u00a0 I\u2019m lost.\u00a0 I\u2019m not sure if that mean I\u2019m slow or lack the background knowledge in the theoretical concepts we\u2019re investigating or that it\u2019s an unrealistic amount of information we\u2019re expected to cover in just 3 weeks.<\/p>\n

2. Centralized Location for Information<\/p>\n

I find the constant switching of windows and programs frustrating and distracting.\u00a0 I\u2019m losing focus.\u00a0 I appreciate the recording of our thoughts into a digital format for easy access and retrieval later on, but I feel like I\u2019m being pulled into multiple directions and locations.\u00a0 I\u2019m constantly trying to check my blog, Jenny\u2019s blog, other classmates\u2019 blogs, my twitter, our pearltrees, researching online articles about the concepts we\u2019re discussing in class, reading links that other people have put up.\u00a0 Where should I be looking or reading?<\/p>\n

3. Discussion Format<\/p>\n

I feel the course it not taking full advantage of having the entire class physically in person with face to face interactions.\u00a0 We\u2019re having great discussions within our groups but we\u2019re lack a debriefing or reviewing portion.\u00a0 We\u2019re posting our findings online, reading them and then reflecting on them.\u00a0 So how is that different from what I would be doing in an online course?\u00a0 Since we\u2019re meeting at the same time and place every day, I think it would be more meaningful bringing items into a discussion, i.e. doing research beforehand and discussing them in a group or as a class rather than the other way around.<\/p>\n

Sorry that this blog has been my venting session.\u00a0 This has not been a criticism on Jenny.\u00a0 I think she\u2019s great and I\u2019m very engaged in class.\u00a0 It\u2019s just Jenny has the unfortunate task to teach a course topic itself that is a difficult and is continually evolving.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll try to take the course in stride and do the best that I can.\u00a0 Can\u2019t wait to see what our next class brings!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A Moment of Madness No excellent soul is exempt from a mixture of madness. -Aristotle Yikes this week has been very intense!\u00a0 It has been a frenetic, mad, amazing, invigorating mess.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0I\u2019ve learned so much this past week.\u00a0 I\u2019m trying … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18415,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[884],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-assignment-1"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/shisandy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/shisandy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/shisandy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/shisandy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18415"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/shisandy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/shisandy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":151,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/shisandy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38\/revisions\/151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/shisandy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/shisandy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/shisandy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}