My experience in EME2040 has been good. It has been very challenging in a lot of aspects. I am enrolled in the online course as opposed to the in class setting. There are some cons to being online that I feel would be easier if I were in the classroom. I feel that I lost a lot of the hands on aspect of learning. Having to watch videos and lectures depend a lot on how I understand the information. If I were in class, I would think that we would be in a computer lab or have laptops in a classroom where I can ask questions in the moment rather than trying to explain my issue. I have learned a lot in this class that I truly feel will be of great impact once I am in the classroom setting. I may not be able to truly see the impression just yet, but I think it will come full circle. When I am a teacher I will be able to use resources that I have learned about in this classroom to use and hopefully the students will benefit from the different tools used in learning the material.
OER is a way for people to learn and share information that would normally cost money or would need something in return to use the product. OER gives the user a lot of freedom to use the work in their own unique manner. This is very useful in the classroom setting where a teacher could take the information that they need to teach, and add their own personality to it. Or put it in a way that they know the students will best understand it. I do like how things can be updated in real time. The only draw back I think would be if the information that was updated, isn't quite accurate. An website by EAIE describes how useful OER is and gives clear instruction that it is not to be confused with OER in management and Open Education in management. The difference being that one will give college credit and the other will not. However, it does have a standard test that will allow the person to receive credit that will look good on any resume. The website was also talked about how useful and invaluable the resources a person could get would be.
Working on assignment 4: Power Point for Dissemination was a little intimidating. I've created Power Points before, however, I've never had to put it in a way that I would have to use to teach a class and then record audio with it. I didn't like the nervousness of the assignment, But I did like that I was able to complete the assignment and I hope that I will be better on a future PowerPoint and feel more comfortable in making one. Next time I will have a clearer understanding of how to create and implement audio in with it.
