Class One
In
order to make up a few of our classes I participated/read/watched (not sure
what you would call it since it’s so many different things) in the first class
of the EC&I class that they held. While watching this class it was clear to
see a lot of the similarities. They are expected to participate in activities
like us (their class also has a twitter hashtag). I think on of the biggest differences was the way in which
they come to class, virtually. I still find the way they use the Internet fascinating.
I’ve participated in online classes before but never like this. They are able
to listen, talk, view slides and even raise their hands (this part is still mind-blowing
to me). I learned that this is an MOOC or Massive Open Online Course, and is
the new type of pedagogy that many classes are developing. Very fitting for the
concept of technology and learning! I think on of the coolest things is being
able to go back and view the whole class again, even who was participating in
the class. This class was a basic intro into their semester and what they would
be doing. They actually learned a lot of the same tools we did, twitter, diigo,
and Google docs. They also have a collaborative Google doc in which they post
notes about each class and even links to the different highlights/tools for
each session. I think this class is very interesting because it’s based on the
idea of technology and I like how they are learning by doing, in the sense that
their class literally went virtual. I would love to see the student’s reviews
about the class and how they felt they learned and how they felt about a
digital classroom.
Class Two
I
decided that I would go in chronological order for the classes on EC&1, so
the next class I watched was class #2. This class was interesting too in the
sense that it was very similar to that of class one. I guess that would be
expected at the beginning of a semester when you are just getting started. This
class was different in the fact that there are students who are taking it for
credit and others who aren’t. I guess this shows how our times are changing and
how we can find learning in fields that we enjoy (it actually made me think of
the class I had watched earlier on, kind of foreshadowing). This class had the
basics, intro of the students, overview of the basic tools and expectations. I
thought the part about blogging was very interesting. I feel that it went into
the different aspects of blogging and gave views that may normally be looked
over. It’s interesting because they talk about using a lot of Google tools but
this class was about using wordpress, another blogging site. After the lecture
I decided to look at this website and it looks interesting from the front home
page (it was snowing on the homepage, it was cool). It looks very similar to
that of blogger but maybe a little more style. May be something to look at if
you hadn’t and are enjoying blogging! Besides these tools, they discussed
twitter and tweet deck. They also talked about delicious as a tool for social
bookmarking, similar to Diigo. A lot of this class was also focused on the idea
of social networking and the importance. I think it was kind of to get everyone
into the mindset of participating and it showed a lot of how social networking
is changing the world and the way we do things. I felt like this class was very
similar to ours and they obviously use a lot of the same tools.
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