This was a nice little course here. It definitely got my feet wet in a variety of different corners of the Internet. We delved into the roots of social media and the dot-com bubble, what makes an online service successful in its relationship with the consumer, the possible future of personal devices, plus a whole lot more. We saw how many principals of business and communication translate to the online world as well as how the web introduces new behaviors in humans.
I feel that the material covered in this course surely opened my eyes a bit to the world around me and helped to analyze and break down why some things are the way they are in the world.
I can't really think of anything specific that I wanted to cover that was not, or what could have made this course's material better. I am still slightly confused by the groupings of discussion groups... if I'm getting it right, there were a good amount of students taking the course and we were divided into small discussion groups of 4 or so. While I like the concept of splitting up the students into manageable group sizes, I feel that the small group size may have been a little too small for my liking. I feel like there were only two or three other people presenting ideas that we had to choose from to respond to on the discussion board. I think there might be more of an active dialogue with more members in each group; perhaps 6 or 8 total members would be a good size. Just a thought.
This is the first online class I have taken, and while it might be right for some people, I think that traditional classroom time works better with my habits and workflow. Everybody's different... I'm glad I tried out an online class, but I think it might just not be for me. I'd say the course was no doubt a good experience though. Well done... it's been a pleasure.
