This semester has been an interesting one full of new experiences. This semester I took all my classes online. I did not anticipate learning as much as I have this semester through each of my online courses. I did a year and a half of my high school schooling online and it was similar in many ways to the learning style that is incorporated in college online learning. However, the technology is now more advanced than the methods we used in high school.
In this English course in particular, we did not have a blog like this one set up. This blog I think was the best part of the course. This blog not only allowed for each of us to express ourselves individually, but it also allowed us to collaborate together with our ideas. Many times when I was struggling to understand something I was able to communicate through my blog with classmates and have a firmer grasp on the concept I was misunderstanding. Having a friendly online environment to do this is crucial.
Some of my main challenges in this course were not procrastinating and specifically focusing on what each assignment was asking. Often times I will wait until Sunday to finish up my papers. This was and still is the general trend by which I submitted my papers each week. However, this class helped point to me that this could later become a problem. Consequently I am working on no longer procrastinating and have made great improvement. Staying focused on what each particular paper was asking was another challenge I encountered in this class. The writing styles that we were required to write in were not my particular favorite. This caused me to give a little extra attention to staying on topic and in character concerning writing style.
Overall I have enjoyed this English 102 course. I have had the privilege of participating with many great classmates this semester. I have learned how to be a more effective writer as well as how to create a blog. Thank you for this course.
-Rysen Barnett
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