Amtul Azeem

May 8, 2014
Educa 2720
Professor Lois A. Stancia
Final Feedback
1. Did you find the text helpful? Expand and Explain.
! only used t"e te#t$oo to "el% me finis" my assi&nments, and yes it o%ened my eyes u% to a lot of t"in&s
t"at ! did not no', es%ecially a$out t"e instructional desi&n. ! learned '"at it e#actly means and "o'
im%ortant it is to a teac"er in order to teac" successfully, ie. !m%ortance of %lannin& a"ead etc.
2. Would you like to have more reading materials? Please explain.
! 'ould a%%reciate t"at $ut ! 'ould lie rat"er an easier te#t to read, ! found t"is a little too dense.
Somet"in& t"at 'as laid out in a little easier 'ay so t"e reader can ee% t"e information in "ead, sometimes
! 'ould feel o(er'"elmed $y t"e amount of information in one c"a%ter. ! lie to sim%lify t"in&s for myself
3. Which videos, materials, etc. ere least helpful? Expand and Explain.
! found t"em all "el%ful, e#ce%t t"e (ideo t"at 'as made $y Professor Eric )aden of *ucnell +ni(ersity on
co%yri&"t. ! 'as little "ard to follo'.
4. Which videos, materials, etc. ere most helpful? Expand and Explain.
,"e (ideo of -r. .yndi /o'land 'as (ery "el%ful. E(en t"ou&" it 'as 0uite lon&, ! learned a lot relatin& to
%eo%le 'it" S%ecial 1eeds, '"ic" ! ne' (ery less a$out.
5. What as the most valuable part of the course for you? Please explain hy.
,"e %art '"ere ! learned to mae a sylla$us, ma%%in& out my o$2ecti(es and also t"e %art '"ere !
distri$uted my course into units 'ere t"e most "el%ful. E(eryt"in& is ne' to me, and of course t"e most
$asics are &reat eye o%eners for %eo%le lie me. ! no' can mae teac"in& easier for myself. 3r let me say
e(eryt"in& seemed (alua$le. ,"is is my first educational course.
!. What as the "E#$% valuable part of the course for you &reading, lectures, discussions,
observations, assignments, presentations, atching D'Ds, etc.(? Please explain hy.
Alt"ou&" it is "ard to differentiate '"ic" 'as t"e least (alua$le, ! t"in may$e 'atc"in& t"e (ideos 'ere
t"e an&le ! learned least from. ,"ey4re (ery fe' and also ! only found -r. .yndi (ideo t"e most useful,
ot"ers 'ere not t"at useful, 2ust interestin& side information. A1- t"e 'onderful feed$acs5
7 What comments ould you like to make about the orkload for the course?
! actually lie to comment on t"at it 'as (ery 'ell s%aced out $y 'ees and at no %oint did ! feel t"at ! 'as
$ein& o(erloaded. At %oints, ! actually found myself en2oyin& t"e assi&nment, lie '"en ! 'as main& u%
my course. ,"ans for t"e 'onderful semester, Lois5
Amtul Azeem
May 8, 2014
Educa 2720
Professor Lois A. Stancia
8 What improvements ould you suggest for the course in the future?
/i&"t no' ! cannot t"in of any su&&estion.
). Do you feel you have a better understanding of the field of online education and course design?
Explain.
6es, ! learned a lot concernin& t"e field of online education, from t"e im%ortance of communication online
to main& t"e course in suc" a 'ay in order to moti(ate t"e student into interaction 'it" ot"er classmates,
seein& online education, im%ortance of a (irtual classroom etc. A&ain ! am ne' in field of education, so
e(eryt"in& 'as ne' for me. ! 'ould need to sit "ere and 'rite a '"ole %a&e for '"at ! did not no' and
no' no'..
*+. What are the most significant concepts ,ideas, understandings you have gained during this course?
"ist as many as you can.
7o' im%ortant de(elo%in& and creatin& a (irtual learnin& community online is. ,"e im%ortance of %lannin&
a"ead, t"e im%ortance of assessin& a student, t"e im%ortance of co%yri&"t, S%ecial needs..
**. What do you thing should be added? What do you thing should be deleted?
E(eryt"in& seems &ood enou&" to me, ! can4t t"in of a sin&le t"in& to add or delete.
*-. What ere the most difficult concepts to understand?
,"e conce%t of &radin& and assessin& 8lie "o' e#actly to assess, '"y c"ose a certain ty%e, '"at s"ould $e
t"e &oals of assessin& etc.95 ! am still confused on t"at:
*.. What are your final comments about the course? Did the course meet your expectations? Why?
Explain. /f the course did not meet your expectations, please explain hy.
! 'as e#%ectin& to &ain t"e $asic no'led&e of teac"in& online and yes ! t"in ! did &et t"at, in fact, more.
*0. /f you took -1++, you focused on theory. %his as the course that focused on application. /f you took
-1++, did you find the theory applicable to ED -1-+? /f you did not, ould you have like more theory
introduced?
,"is is my first course. ! did not tae 2700.
*2. What additional feedback ould you have liked?
! &ot more t"an ! e#%ected, and ! &uess no' ! understand '"y teac"in& to%ics and discussions ne(er end. !
"a(e a cou%le of friends and cousin '"o teac" at a same sc"ool. ,"ey can actually &o on for "ours on 2ust
t"eir sc"ool to%ics, ! ne(er understood '"y; *ut no' ! no' t"at t"ere is al'ays t"e need to no' more
and im%ro(e5 ,eac"in& taes u% a lot of time and %lannin&, and is actually more 'or t"an ! t"ou&"t..
*!. 3o that you kno the best practices, design, and application, hat ould you suggest for
improvement?
Amtul Azeem
May 8, 2014
Educa 2720
Professor Lois A. Stancia
! "onestly cannot t"in of any im%ro(ement..
*1. What final comments,suggestions,feedback ould you like to offer?
! 2ust 'anted to say t"at t"is "as $een a (ery &ood and interestin& semester, and it really "el%ed me t"in
a$out %ursuin& my teac"in& career t"at ! 'as se%tical a$out in t"e $e&innin&. ,"ans so muc" for
e(eryt"in&5
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