Saturday 14 January 2012

As the time goes by...

As the time goes by, I am trying to understand all these topics about the course. After creating my first reflective blog, I had to take another two steps. The first step was logging into Nicenet classroom.,http://www.nicenet.org/.  I read the instructions how to sign in the course classroom from PDF documents that were attached in our e-mails. When I logged in, I found three assignment topics. One of them was a discussion about the Ground Rules1st Draft. The discussion made such an impression on me as it was the first time for me to take part in the discussion like this one. "Introducing yourself" was also an interesting part. I was so excited about this because I have met many dear colleagues and next-to-be classmates from different settings and it was amusing to find out about each other.
In my opinion, the course classroom is a useful tool where we can discuss about different topics and where we can build many ideas how to develop better skills of communication. 
The classroom has inspired me to create one for my students where they can meet with other students and where they can discuss about certain topics and feel free to express their thoughts without fear to be criticized. 
My second step was visiting the class wiki where I and my classmates posted our URL addresses. 

I believe that the path of small triumphs leads us into achieving every objective.

5 comments:

  1. Hi,
    What you stated above reflect my sentiments about the whole course. I really liked the steps we were taken through in creating the academic blog.It is a nice tool and good platform for discussion and sharing of ideas.
    Looking at the topics am really excited about the whole course because it is touching on important aspects of teaching and making the whole business interesting if not fun.
    The whole concept of studying with members allover the world makes it better.
    Its my believe that we are going to strike up a close knit family as we continue with studies.

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    1. Hi,
      Thank you so much for your comment and I am glad that everything I mentioned above reflected your sentiments. The whole course is so amusing. I agree with you that the course touches all important aspects of teaching. I believe that we will be a close family.

      Best regards...

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  2. Hi Rade,
    You mentioned you started a similar online class for your students for discussions. This encouraged me to prepare something similar for my uni students as well. Did you use Nicenet? or another website?

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    1. Dear Melissa,
      Thank you for your comment.
      I did not do it yet, but I plan to do it as soon as possible. I am thinking about using Nicenet.
      Best regards...

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