Blog 6

After completing my online course I have a different outlook and appreciation for online course teachers. I found it a bit difficult in the beginning to set up the website. Some of the tutorials in the resources were not updated with the some of the new features so it took me a while to get everything set up. Once I knew where everything was and how to arrange everything- things tended to flow together. I also found myself going back and changing things constantly.
I think the hardest aspect to teaching the course I created will be coming up with different activities and ways to have the class interact for the whole semester. Like I said earlier- I have a new appreciation for teachers who do this for their jobs. Having to know how to communicate with the students without physically being there can be very difficult. An explanation that seems simple to you could be difficult for someone else.
The most difficult part in creating the course was just getting to know all the tools. There are so many buttons and things to explore that you don't know where to start. But once you get the idea the process is kind of fun and easy.
I personally liked the Moodle site. If I had to teach a course online I would definitely consider using the site.
I learned that teachers have to put a lot of work and effort into these courses. I will learn to appreciate the course more and be more understanding to the teacher when miss-communication situations arise.
Overall, I found this to be a great experience. I really enjoyed the activity, specially being able to break it up in sections rather than all thrown in at once.

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1. Yes- This eliminate some of the problems of having traditional group projects. Most people find group projects dreadful since it is hard to make sure people can meet at the same time or do their part. The online groups it is easy to leave a comment on the discussion board and let people respond as they have time. Also this shows the professor exactly what each person contributed to the project.

2. Some concerns is to make sure everyone connects to the course during the time of the assignment. Another complication is technical issues. These issues can not be controlled by the people in the group, these are individual problems that people need to overcome in order to make the group project a success.

3. I really did not understand this question. But from what I got of the question- Knowing my group members would not change my performance in the project because my grade is on the line as much as everyone in the group.

4. I would make small deadlines during the project just so people don't wait till the last day to provide their part of the project and delay everyone else. I would also make people work through the discussion boards so I could track the work of each individual.