Course+Reflections


 * 1. What outcomes had you envisioned for this course? Did you achieve those outcomes? Did the actual course outcomes align with those that you envisioned?**

The course outcomes I have envisioned are to learn about the education system in my dream country for the levels K-12, to know what are the requirements for a person to become teacher in USA, to know how advanced the US schools are due to integration of technology in the classroom, to experience the uniqueness of an online course, to learn about various internet tools that helps me to complete the course work, to improve my reading and writing skills by using various internet tools, and finally to establish my individual and team working skills. The outcomes that I achieved are, I have learnt about the educational technology which makes the American students unique from the rest of the world, participating in the “Discussions” forum helped me to learn a lot about the education technology, I have learnt a lot about the internet tools like creating a bog, custom search engine, etc. This course provided me a lot of independence; I could work whenever I had room for work. Every week I have learnt a lot thing about educational technology. I have improved my reading and writing skills using MS office. I became proficient in working individually. I could work on this course with flexible timings. The actual course work has more than that I have envisioned. I have learnt many new things about the American education.


 * 2. To the extent that you achieved the outcomes, are they still relevant to the work that you do in your school? Why or why not?**

Yes, the outcomes I have achieved are relevant to the work that I do in my school. I am a Thesis student, so I need to work individually on my thesis writings. The reading and writing skills I have achieved in this course help me a lot in writing my thesis, grants, etc., Presently I know how to create a blog, wiki and custom search engine, so I have created a blog and a wiki to share my ideas about my research work with my peers. I even wanted to create a custom search engine to post all the journal articles which helped me in doing my thesis, so that it will helps the other peers across the world working on projects relevant to mine. I have learnt many new methods of acquiring literature required for my research by taking this course. Without taking this course I would have not learnt about these many digital tools which are presently helping me in my Thesis. The outcomes that I have achieved in this course are helping me to save a lot of time at my work.

I do not see much of outcomes I did not achieve while taking this course. One of the outcomes I could achieve is team work. As this is online course there is no much contact with the fellow students and I could not work with the fellow students to accomplish the course work. I wanted to teach in American schools, I could not learn much about the requirements for a person to become a teacher in USA. As there is lack of direct interaction with the Professor, I could clarify many doubts that arise while working on my home work, and many doubts use to stack up in my mind. The coordination between the fellow students must be improved by integrating some more digital tools into the course work. These are the some of the outcomes that I could not achieve, but overall I had a very nice experience with the course work.
 * 3. What outcomes did you not achieve? What prevented you from achieving them?**


 * 4. Were you successful in carrying out the course assignments? If not, what prevented or discouraged you?**

Yes, I am successful in carrying out my course assignments, like familiarize with the course online delivery system e.g. blackboard. Learning the modules and opening the links in directions page, we get access to lot of information with which I could complete my assignments successfully. Participating in the discussions of the Blackboard, contributing my ideas, perspective and comments on the topic I have posted in the Discussion, and reading about those of our classmates helped me a lot. Being polite and respectful is not only common sense, it is absolutely obligatory for a productive and supportive online environment. In a positive online environment, you will feel valued by your instructor, valued by your classmates and your own work will have greater value as well. The only drawback that prevented me to be unsuccessful is private space where I can study; this will help lend importance to what we are doing as well.


 * 5. What did you learn from this course…about yourself, your technology and leadership skills, and your attitudes?**

From this course I have learnt so much in many ways. Regarding myself as I am the international student I had some problem with writing skills, and also with brain storming, but know I feel I am good in the both of these and in addition I have improved my reading skills. I have learnt that I can work comfortably both individually and group and I can manage my time wisely. Regarding technology I found that my knowledge in the technology is only a drop in an ocean, after knowing the tools like wiki, blogging and custom search. Regarding leadership skills I found that I can manage things pretty well as I am the leader and follower, as this is an online course and were you work individually. Regarding my attitude I am very familiar with my attitude but I interesting new thing I learnt was, it was more fun working on the assignments of this course.