This week was rather reassuring considering our online forum for the class in general. The findings in two of the readings suggested that students were rather in favor for the online classes. The first study done, however, was not totally comparable to this class, because it was comprised of a “mixed mode” (meaning only part of the class was online). Much more in-depth was the second study, done by Jennifer Richardson and Karen Swan. The object of their study was social presence in online courses in relation to students’ perceived learning and satisfaction. As a result of their findings, it was concluded that the more social presence a student observed, the more they perceived themselves to learn. One thing that was held most favorable by these students consisted of the online discussions, similar to ours.
After reading this article along with the initial one and seeing positive aspects found by actual studies, it’s rather reassuring considering our case. I, too, agree that the online forum, although at times difficult to get used to, gives a student a much more diversified look at every day lessons. This is done in part by the many different voices one reads throughout the discussions, and many more backgrounds are brought to the table.
Because we have constantly studied how the internet has changed anything from entertainment to dating, I have decided to study the online medium in relation to politics, specifically how campaigning has evolved (namely since 2004). It is obvious by now that the internet has served as an opportunity to further pretty much any type of product, including political candidates and their particular agendas.
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