I can't believe this week's post would be my last post for this class and spring semester is already ending.
I just really want to thank Professor Lavian before starting my last post and appreciate all the lectures, assignments, and special guest speakers he had arranged for us!
I would like to focus specifically on the methods IEOR 190G course efficiently used, which is collaborative social media. We initially used blog and Youtube, then even tried Twitter.
In the first few weeks of class, we used only blog and Youtube, which I was very positive about. I was excited with the fact that we are using blogs because I have never tried blog postings and just the fact that we commented on each other's blog posts really helped everyone to learn from each other. In fact, from viewing other blogs and commenting on them, I learned different perspectives on single topic or learned different topics on single angle. Often times, for free research on broad topic, it was very interesting to see what others found that was completely different from us. For instance, one of the homework I liked the most was looking for most ridiculous patents. Not only I enjoyed searching for silliest patents, but also I had fun watching other people's patents and their comments and thoughts about it.
After few weeks of working with blogs and Youtube channels, we used Twitters to briefly talk any issues about patents. At first, I was pretty doubtful about using Twitter because I have never used Twitter in my life and I thought there were simply too many social medias we were using. I thought it was too complicated to handle posts and comments on blogs and YouTubes, and additional work on another social media was just too much. Yet, after using the Twitter, I found another advantage, which was not way different from Youtube and blog. By quickly tweeting about patents, it was easy and simple to talk about patents in one second, and it was also easy to just repost some of the tweets I personally liked on my classmate's twitter.
Hi Tiffany, aspects of your blog resonates with me. I also thoroughly enjoyed reading the blog posts because they talk about the same topic, yet interestingly from many different perspectives. It is fun to read these perspectives because I get to see how different people with different backgrounds will understand and discuss about certain issues. I agree that using blogs is a great way to learn especially because it brings a “narrative” tone to distributing knowledge. I get to better connect and retain with the stories. Additionally, it was hard for me to use Twitter as well since I have not used it before. I think Twitter is great for instant communications during class time, but I really have not been really using or reading tweets of the classmates’ outside of the class. Personally, I find it hard to find what my peers tweeted since I am also following many other people outside of the class.
ReplyDeleteHi Tiffany,
ReplyDeleteOne of my favorite assignments was also the one where we had to research for ridiculous patents. I thought doing research on patents, even though we were looking for silly ones, was extremely helpful towards just acquiring more knowledge on patents and spending more time thinking about them. I am glad the professor gave us several resources to learn patents through different perspectives, which I think is key when trying to learn a subject.
Hi Tiffany!
ReplyDeleteI really like what you said about collaborative learning on social media. What you said really resonates with me, and I feel like this class was that much more beneficial because of this social media aspect. I especially like how you mentioned that for free research on broad topic, it was even more interesting to see what others found that was completely different from us, because that's where real learning comes from! Great insight and hope you enjoyed this class!