Contribution to Learning
5305 – Applying Educational Technology ePortfolio
Reflection. This summer I decided to take a chance and begin working on my Master’s - I toyed with the idea for some time and I am glad I finally decided to move forward. In this course, I have stepped out of my comfort zone differently. I enjoy technology and have always thought that when given the opportunity, students can achieve amazing learning and growth with the use of technology. What is working? I enjoy collaborating with other students in the program and learning from each other as we explore the different digital spaces. What could I have done better? Making it a priority to connect with a group of students outside of the scheduled class time to work towards supporting each other.
Core Collaboration. Once I was able to get going with a collaboration group, weekly meetings were scheduled and planned by Lance M. We were able to discuss upcoming assignments and discuss what the expectation might be. I think where we missed the mark was sharing our assignments promptly for feedback. However, I had several constructive conversations with Lance M. & Shirelle B. during our group meetings.
Resources. I enjoyed viewing all of the course readings and videos shared by Dr. Dwayne Harapnuik before our meetings. These helped to understand the assignments as well as have productive conversations with peers that were able to attend the class Zoom meetings. In the future, I will spend more time making notes for myself as to how each resource was helpful in my journey through this class.
Deadlines. I feel that I work well with deadlines and made sure that my assignments were timely. One thing I would change is to prepare and complete assignments ahead of time to receive feedback and complete resubmissions as needed. Now that I understand the pace of the courses, I will be better at this aspect in my future courses.
Class Collaboration. I attended about 90% of the scheduled Zoom meetings and had discussions with classmates about the readings and upcoming assignments. I found that Laura H. and Lindsay K. were in several breakout groups with me, and it was great to hear their insight on where they are on the program. Discussions on Blackboard were fascinating to me as great connections were being made throughout. I was sure to log in weekly to post my reply and reply to classmates. I believe I made additional posts in the student lounge to contribute feedback and contribute feedback as well as receive it from classmates.
Refinement. As I was able to share my work with others in the various discussion posts, Ashley L. was very helpful and responsive with my posts and thanks to some of her feedback as well as that from my core group, I made several changes/updates to my ePortfolio. This included my site menu which was not very user-friendly. Other updates I made were in my Blog Posts and my Implementation Outline.
Conclusion. Overall, I would rate myself a 43/50 and note that I will work to take more initiative through collaborative groups in future courses as well as prepare to submit assignments sooner than the deadline to allow enough time for feedback.
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