Friday, 31 October 2008

The Review

I thought I should make a few quick notes about the course.
I really enjoy all the internet units at Curtin (despite them not being my field of study), and I was very sad to hear that they're moving the course over to CBS Blackboard (which isn't being taken care of properly). I much prefer WebCT over Blackboard, but that can just be another Curtin "what are they thinking?!".

I really, really liked the communication and discussion parts of this class. It's so sad to do units where you feel so isolated because lecturers take three days to reply to your communications, and students have no way of communicating one another apart from mass emails.
This class however really utilises it's resources (which you would hope since it is an online class).
I also loved delving into areas of study which I have never had the courage to explore before. For example FTP has always frightened me, but it's a lot easier than I thought it would be. Also writing in a blog has shown why I wouldn't do it, but forced me to try it at the same time (note: wouldn't use it because of my lack of consistency).

I also loved this class because it was rare that the tutor had to intervene to redirect us. It is also a great group focussed/self taught class that has really been tuned well.

Just some thoughts I had.

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