Week 10: The Final Curtain

As much as I hate goodbyes, it is a fact of life, and the best way to get over this feeling is by looking back at the accomplishments through this course to praise them.

I feel this final blog is like a final comprehensive exam that our students go through, if not taken, then the wrap up is not done; hence, there is something missing like the need for the closing of the curtain in a play!

Before writing the final post, I read all my weekly posts that I had crafted to be able to write now, and this experience (retrospection) is the constant learning one (introspection). I believe this was the highlight of the course, and in a flashback I will stop at the topics that were most successful even though it is very difficult to exclude any as the whole package was beneficial to me, for I consider myself a novice in web skills.

1. Week 1: The blogger experience
2. Week 2: The ABCD model
3. Week 3: Aural/oral skill building websites and delicious.com
4. Week 4: Reading/writing skill building websites.
5. Week 5: PBL, webquests and rubrics.
6. Week 6: Student-centered classes/large classes and the effective use of PPT.
7. Week 7: Learner autonomy/Wallwisher
8. Week 8: Peer review/ creation of a survey.
9. Week 9: Learning styles/multiple intelligence
10. Week 10: LoTi

I will continue to read, explore, pilot, apply, and keep on evaluating. 

I thank Courtney and the guest moderators for teaching, guiding, and involving us and for great planning of this online course. Also, gratitude to my e-mates for teaching me vicariously because learning cannot happen individually or in isolation. The byproduct of this experience is the ability to organize and multitask to reach a target. Thank you for giving me this unforgettable opportunity although I had some moments of pressure but as said "no gain with no pain". 

Graduation ceremonies are described as commencement exercises for a valid reason, so the end of this course is ironically a beginning of new learning experiences.