In an English class, I naturally expected there to be quite a bit of writing involved. However, I NEVER expected to be creating a blogging page as an assignment! You know what, though? It was fun. I enjoyed it.
I feel as though there had been English classes in high school that I had been required to do substantially more writing than I felt my hand could endure, but those writings were mainly long research papers or analyzations of various classic novels and such.
This class expected a lot of insight and opinion from me. I enjoyed it. It challenged me to really think about how I felt regarding the various topics discussed. I am so used to classes where I am required to research or read about a topic and then regurgitate the information back. Honestly, in those types of classes, I regurgitate the info and then quickly forget it all. I pass the class and, yet, retain nothing.
I enjoyed the reading discussions that we had to post every week. This is something I was not used to. I'll admit that it was occasionally difficult to create a question to end each post with, but it was still interesting to see how other people would respond. I was forced to really create an opinion on certain topics that I otherwise might not have held a previous opinion. It challenged me to really think about it and then propose my opinions in a semi-professional manner (although they didn't necessarily always come out that way!).
Our group activities were also very interesting with the different comics to analyze, as well as the plagiarism exercise. These were all creative ways to show how we felt about these different items.
From the original blog to our research paper, I will say that some of the writings have definitely been a challenge, but all in all, I have enjoyed this class. It was a nice way for myself to be introduced to online courses!
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