Week 16: Post #3

3). What was it about this class that you liked? What do you think needs improvement?

I really enjoyed this class and the entire experience.  I have taken online classes before, but I do not think that I have ever experienced a class that felt so natural.  The class was explained in the first week with a lot of information and completely thoroughly.  This is often where many other online classes fail.  I have wished for more information or have been confused about what the requirements are for the class.  This class had a lot of information and a lot of availability from the professor, which I am sure is a lot to ask of them.  If I ever had a question, I got a response in a prompt and complete way.  I think that the course material that was covered was completely reasonable.  I think that the blogs were an interesting way of creating a dialog. I am very grateful that the workload was so reasonable, meaning not too much work, not too little where I felt like it was a waste of my time and everyone else's in the class.  

Week 16: Post #2

2). Pick on other concept from the book that you feel needs further discussion?

While I know that many of my other classmates have already pointed this out, I think we have covered some really important facets of communication studies.  However, I do think that this class could have been even more beneficial if we could have explored the impact of cross cultural communication.  I think that we could have taken a harder look at what goes on within our own country to help improve the way we communicate with each other.  I know that ethnocentrism is still a huge issue within this society and while there are people who are still ignorant to differences within cultures, we are still going to face obstructions in maximizing our potential for effective communication.  I know that exploring these concepts would be very a very extensive process, and some might eve say that this might even cross over into sociological concepts, but I think that we could benefit from the increased knowledge.  

Week 16: Post #1

1). What concept/s in this class have you found most interesting? What was it about the concept/s that you found interesting.

I think one of my favorite concepts that we discussed was when we covered the relationships developed online.  I found it very interesting to revisit the beginning of my cyberspace life.  I started exploring the internet when I was in Junior High School, along with many of my other classmates.  I however seemed to feel pretty different that many others did about my new channel of communication with the outside world.  Many of my classmates expressed much more interest in developing relationships with strangers online and developing relationships with people that they went to school with.  I never thought much about how "technically opposed" I was until I was observing it 10 years later.  I know that my parents took a very active approach in keeping me and my sister out of the house and active as possible, but I did not realize just how different that was from other kids my age.