Final Reflection

When taking an online course there are many factors that could make it good or bad. Some of the factors that make a course good are the incorporation of media from multiple sources, quick feedback from the course instructor and classmates and set deadlines that students are able to work at their own pace to meet. Some factors that make an online course bad as follows: the feeling of having busy work that may not have any visible goal, having limited involvement from the instructor or classmates, as well as the feeling that the course is set up in a way that it does not promote students making connections with one another or the instructor. Therefore hindering the ability to share thoughts.

Within teaching practice it is important to be aware of the underlying influences that inform your personal pedagogy. This includes an understanding of pedagogical theories, personal values, beliefs and past experiences that is brought into the teaching environment. In order to achieve this, one must practice critical analysis of everyday situations encountered within the classroom, to understand whether or not your teaching practice is effective and why this is the case. In order to work towards an understanding of the influences on my future practice, I will analyse a critical incident where a student was asked to fill out a quiz to grade herself on particular personal and classroom

The two units that I felt I could connect the most to were the mental health and the factors affecting wellbeing unit. I think I was able to connect the most to these units because some of the things that are talked about in the units applied to my life. In mental health and factors affecting wellbeing, we discussed the different factors that can affect our mental health. One example that we talked about was stress, and this is one reason why I was able to relate to the unit. I often have felt stressed therefore, I know the effects it has on our mental health. Another thing that we talked about was how our mental health is affected every day by little things, and, I agree with this statement because I too have experienced

I have never taken an online class before so I am relying on several things to help me be successful. Keeping up with the course schedule is one of the most important things I can do because it will allow me to manage my time and it will

As a new student coming into this class we might have wondered what interpersonal communication was. However, I believe by now we all have a better understanding of what it means to communicate amongst ourselves. We all, or at least most of us were strangers at the start of class. However, through exercises and discussions we have become open with each other and learned a little along the way. Something as simple as our shared interests such as superhero movies or Star Wars trivia has opened up discussions we might not have had otherwise as a group. Our perceptions of each other have changed since that first awkward day playing a cheesy board game (Alder, Rosenfeld, Proctor II, 2013, p. 106-139). As we practiced our communication skills many of us have developed a stronger self-concept as well as boosted our self-esteems (Alder, Rosenfeld, Proctor II, 2013, p. 66-67). We also used social comparisons in our class intended or not (Alder, Rosenfeld, Proctor II, 2013, p. 69). We compared our backgrounds, both cultural, ethnic, as well as socio economic standing. Some of these comparisons come from what we learned as children to believe, while others are from what we have learned in life. This is what has intrigued me the most in class. The facts that we as a “civilized” world still have not come that far at all. Women are still for the most part second-class citizens, hate is taught to our children, and language still hasn’t evolved to where there are no

An important aspect of public speaking is appearing confident. Through my use of hand gestures and eye contact, I feel I got sense of confidence across to the audience. By using appropriate gestures that corresponded to the topic or sentence I was addressing, it made the speech feel more active and less stagnant. In combination, by using eye contact and switching being the different people in the audience, this was able to make everyone feel like I as truly addressing them. As a result, the speech came across as a little more interesting and a little more engaging for the everyone in the class.

Sequence: I prefer directions to explain exactly what is required to do. I organize what needs to be done first with anything from start to finish.

Group work and facilitation are foundational to the profession of social work and require a considerable amount of skill and awareness on behalf of the facilitator. Committed to interdisciplinary collaboration, social workers have become emerging leaders in interprofessional healthcare teams (Jones & Phillips, 2016). “Interprofessional collaboration happens when practitioners, patients, clients, families, and communities develop and sustain interprofessional working relationships that facilitate optimal health outcomes” (CIHC, 2010). With this definition in mind, I was excited to share my previous experience within a clinical interprofessional team as well as collaborate with my group members to gauge their understanding and brainstorm ideas. Meeting multiple times over the semester, our group finalized the details of our fictional task group early on and an overview of this information is provided in the appendices. The first half of this paper will outline a critical commentary of the second team meeting, examining my role and behaviour as a co-facilitator, while the second half of the paper will discuss my experience within the development/implementation of our fictional task group.

As this project is concluded, I shall write about my final journal. My job, with my partner, Riley, was to create the shoulders of the human skeleton. Working with several different groups, the task was difficult, as I am not very communicative towards my fellow peers. During this project, I’d have to admit that I was not too happy to be working with people. However, my partner was reasonable to work with, and we got along fairly well. Of course, there were times we could joke with the people who sat at the table that we needed to communicate with, the arms and hands. Over the course of the first several days, we planned and graphed our pieces, measured and calculated everything to look similar to the shoulders of an adult human. To make the

During week one, my initial definition of learning was listening to an instruction, studying and then rehearsing that information in my mind, or categorizing it in a way so I could remember most of what was taught in the course. The class has opened a new dimension for me in the learning process; from understanding how I process information to deciphering which learning processes I use in intentional learning or metacognition. Understanding my learning patterns form dynamic learning relationship is a key element to my view of how and why I process the learning experience, even relating it to every day life.

I really enjoyed working on this final project. I love the idea of getting the opportunity to choose and expand on a topic of our choice. Alex and I decided to discuss the topic of milk, and the question of is it really good for us? During the project, I learned so many different things. For example, I understood that milk was good source of protein, but I didn’t know that it was a type of protein called casein, which is not ideal for the human digestive system. Another astonishing fact that I learned was the tremendous impact that milk production had on the environment. I had no clue about all of the toxins and chemicals it produced into the atmosphere.

At the beginning of this course, I thought I could just use the lecture notes online and learn from those. I was wrong. After not doing so well on the first two exams, I could not figure out what was wrong. I reached out to my professor who agreed to meet me and go

“The 11th Hour,” an unnerving, surprisingly affecting documentary is about environmental calamities. It describes the last moment when change is possible. It also explains how humans have arrived at this moment, our life style, our endless desires, our impacts on different spheres of earth and what needs to be done to preserve and conserve our planet. The movie discusses the most severe impacts of human activities on the environment and how these activities are changing the scenario of our planet globally.

I will reflect on chapters seven (Natural Law and Human Rights) and nine (Feminist Thought and Ethics of Care) in this journal. Chapter seven focused on natural laws and human rights. Natural law is theory is an ethical theory that recognizes a natural governing law that is discoverable through reasoning. It has been the basis for important laws and regulations that we use today like the Geneva Conventions’ principles and United Nations Declaration of human rights. I believe that such law should exist that oversees our local laws. If the law of the nation promotes violence, it should not be the case that we ought to follow it. Human-made laws are subject to revision and sometimes complete restructuring. Hence, there needs to be a solid provider of morality to guide us in some extreme cases.

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