Blog Journal #9

 

As a whole, my experience as a distance learner this semester has been positive. Although I ultimately prefer in person classes, I appreciate being able to attend classes from anywhere. This option has given me the opportunity to visit home more frequently, but I feel as though it has limited my individual capabilities as well as the option for group collaboration. As a future educator, I believe I could improve students’ experience as an online learner by having new and exciting online activities and encouraging them to participate in online sessions. I 

Open educational resources can be defined as copyrighted material that is available for public parties to use for educational purposes. In other words, teachers are allowed to present these materials as well as change or recreate them. As an example, I researched an OER that was published for social sciences educators: https://www.oercommons.org/courses/100-people-a-world-portrait . This open educational resource allows students to understand diversity on a deeper level and provides them with an opportunity to see the world through different perspectives all over the globe. 

By completing the powerpoint assignments, I discovered how to record a presentation and develop a non-linear presentation. Although I am more familiar with Google Slides, PowerPoint offered a much more broad variety of tools. I could have improved my assignments by choosing more specific topics and improving the presentations aesthetics.