Saturday, November 7, 2009
Monday, November 2, 2009
Online Classes
I keep seeing comments all over my classmates' blogs and the discussion board about difficulty people are having with the online class. Whenever I read this stuff I wonder what could make it a smoother process for everyone?
I know when I first went into the Blackboard thingee, I was totally confused. I didn't know what anything was, where anything was, what was correct, etc. I must have played around with it for about an hour before I finally discovered what was actually going on. I just had to click on everything and analyze it all.
One of the reasons I think it is so screwy is because Blackboard is screwy. It really is not a very streamlined system, and it is too easy to get lost or miss something. I heard a rumour that Triton is not going to use Blackboard anymore, which I think would be AWESOME if they used another system.
Another thing is that it is a freshman class and this is most likely most everyone's first online class and no one knows what to expect. I am sure there are some who have decided there is no way in hell they will ever take an online class again. I personally enjoy it. But I am a laptop junkie. And a blog junkie and a writing junkie. :) So I guess it's suitable for me.
I know when I first went into the Blackboard thingee, I was totally confused. I didn't know what anything was, where anything was, what was correct, etc. I must have played around with it for about an hour before I finally discovered what was actually going on. I just had to click on everything and analyze it all.
One of the reasons I think it is so screwy is because Blackboard is screwy. It really is not a very streamlined system, and it is too easy to get lost or miss something. I heard a rumour that Triton is not going to use Blackboard anymore, which I think would be AWESOME if they used another system.
Another thing is that it is a freshman class and this is most likely most everyone's first online class and no one knows what to expect. I am sure there are some who have decided there is no way in hell they will ever take an online class again. I personally enjoy it. But I am a laptop junkie. And a blog junkie and a writing junkie. :) So I guess it's suitable for me.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)