#UOSM2008 – Topic 3: My personal feedback

Pros for topic 3:

1. Video lecture. We had an actual video lecture which made me to feel that this is a course from University
2. Good content. The course have shown an unbelievable face of the social media in the relation with the work
3. Improved my online identity. I have updated my LinkedIn profile because the course made me aware of its importance. I was surprised by the big number of friends who are using it
4. Interesting videos The videos very useful and had an interesting message to transmit

1. Too much content for one video lecture. One lecture should stay focus on one topic. This video lecture was very complex, in the sense it had a lot of links to other reading or videos. There was a recent study that the best online lecture is normally 9 minutes. Hence I suggest to split this huge lecture of 35 minutes in 3 lectures (at least). To be honest it took me 3 days to finish it. From the physiological point of view, I believe the split could be seen as a pro, because the student will be happy to finish one lecture in one day rather than of haft of a big one. Also, I think it is a good solution to leave a few important articles on the slide and the others to be on a separate page as optional readings (or more advanced ones)
2. Bad presentation. Too many links were provided in the video lectures and I had to stop the video every 5 seconds. This aspect made me to understand very difficult the flow of information which was in the actual course. Moreover, some slides were presented too fast and I was not able to see them
3. Bad interactivity. When I wanted to click on a link, which have been provided in the lecture, the slide had changed. Thus, the time that was provided for each slide was too less. Every time I had to stop the video, go back, reload the page and see that sections. A good solution could be to leave 1-2 seconds before you change the slides. On the online platforms  for MOOC courses such that Coursera, the teacher is pausing the video at some points and as a result of this the student is able to click on a link or solve a small quiz.
4. Dead link. The link provided at the minute 23:30 in the video lecture was not working (Ivan’s presentation)
5. Very difficult to find relevant information. In order to access the page with the instructions for the topic 3, I have to navigate thought a huge mass of posts (which are not relevant to me). This takes time every time for each topic. I good solution is to post in the right side panel, a link to a page where you list all the pages with the instructions for the topics.
6. Missing instructions The actual evaluation criterias are not listed on the website, such that I can see for example, which are the penalties for a late submit
7. Personal problem. My posts from this blog are still not present on the #UOSM2008 website (I do not understand why). There is not a clear instruction which tells me what should I do to have them on the website
8. No Facebook account. Given that a third of population of Earth is using Facebook and this course is about social media, there could be a big issue that the teacher has not provided until now a Facebook account. Using this social network the teacher may get in touch with the students who are using it.