I have only taken one online course besides this one during my time at Michigan State. I did not like the online class I had taken before. However, this one turned out to be quite beneficial. I learned a lot of information about technology I can use in the classroom. I realize I could have learned all of this information in a face to face college course but I feel like having to figure things out on my own was a good thing. I had to sit and look at my own computer screen and figure tasks out. Of course, I could e-mail the instructor or any of my classmates but I still had to do the task on my own. I will remember more from the course because of that aspect. Another part of this course that enhanced my learning was the interaction with my house members. It was cool to interact on the Google documents and the blogs. The content of this course was of course important. It was beneficial to learn about so many technology tools. However, I feel that learning independently while still needing to interact with group members and the instructor surpassed course content as far as being a beneficial experience.
