Blog Post Four!

1. My prior online learning experience began when I started college. My sophomore year was the first year that I took an online class. I took ARH2000 and it was a really interesting class. It was an ever cooler experience that I was able to take it online. The LMS that was used was canvas because it was through FSU online. Once I figured out how to get in the swing of things I was a lot more comfortable in the class. At first I was really worried about the class because it was online and I did not really know what to expect, I did not know what the work load would be like. Although a few weeks into the semester when I realized what type of work was due every week, I felt much more comfortable. The learning that was conducted was asynchronous. The instructor posted learning modules and videos that were pre recorded. The instructor would post things a week before they were due and then the classmates would reply in time. I personally like classroom learning better because I ask a lot of questions and I feel like I can really ask my questions better there. I also like classroom learning better because you know the students that are taking the classes too and we can work together if we are all struggling. I personally just think I work better in classroom learning, but that is just the type of person I am.


2. Open educational resources that are open or available to anyone. They are resources that anyone is able to use, whether it be a lesson plan or video that teachers have made. There is usually a license that is approved which states that the OER is able to be used by anyone. Simply stated OER is an approved online source that is free for everyone to use at their own leisure. Here is a link that I found about ORE and there even is a video included. https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2017/03/29/what-is-oer-5-questions-about-open-oer.html
I found it to be really helpful and educational.


3. I really enjoyed making the newsletter. It took me a lot of time to make it and to get all the needed points within it. At some points I was really frustrated with this because I had to google how to figure out some things and get it all worked out but after a couple of hours I got everything settled. I think that my newsletter was pretty well done. There are a couple things that I could have fixed for next time, the spacing out of things is a pretty major problem that I ran into. I started making the newsletter before I found all the requirements, I was over half way through when I realized all the things that I needed to keep included which was frustrating. Next time I definitely know to look out for the required elements within all the projects. I learned a lot of things while working on the newsletter, I will definitely be using the mail merger aspect within my future job. I think it will even prove as helpful while trying to mail our Christmas cards and invitations of other sorts.

4. I commented on Hayley Singers and Malyce's blog.