{"id":6981,"date":"2014-03-14T16:53:00","date_gmt":"2014-03-14T16:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/uosm2008\/?guid=57ec967f89d8de006b0d663dde6d62c3"},"modified":"2014-03-23T22:37:17","modified_gmt":"2014-03-23T22:37:17","slug":"uosm2008-topic-3-my-personal-feedback-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/uosm2008\/2014\/topic-3-2014\/2014\/03\/uosm2008-topic-3-my-personal-feedback-3\/","title":{"rendered":"#UOSM2008 – Topic 3: My personal feedback"},"content":{"rendered":"

This post should be regarded as a personal feedback for the 2 weeks of the topic 3 (#UOSM2008). I would like to be treated as a response to the content of the course, thus it is here to help it.<\/p>\n

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Pros for topic 3:<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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  1. Video lecture. <\/b>We had an actual video lecture which made me to feel that this is a course from University<\/li>\n
  2. Good content.<\/b> The course have shown an unbelievable face of the social media in the relation with the work<\/li>\n
  3. Improved my online identity.<\/b> 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<\/li>\n
  4. Interesting videos<\/b> The videos very useful and had an interesting message to transmit<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n
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    Cons for topic 3:<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n
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    1. Too much content for one video lecture.<\/b> 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)<\/li>\n
    2. Bad presentation. <\/b>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<\/li>\n
    3. Bad interactivity.<\/b> 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.<\/li>\n
    4. Dead link<\/b>. The link provided at the minute 23:30 in the video lecture was not working (Ivan’s presentation)<\/li>\n
    5. Very difficult to find relevant information<\/b>. 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.<\/li>\n
    6. Missing instructions<\/b> 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<\/li>\n
    7. Personal problem<\/b>. 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<\/li>\n
    8. No Facebook account.<\/b> 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.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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