Blog Journal #9

The first time I participated in distance learning was in my senior year of high school when the COVID-19 pandemic began. Little did I know, I would also be starting my freshman year of college using distance learning. As a student, I have thoroughly enjoyed my distance learning experience due to the flexibility it provides. I can learn at a much faster rate than I could in person and I am also able to work ahead. A downside of distance learning is that it can be easy to fall into the habit of procrastinating. I struggled with this when I first started distance learning but have since been able to overcome that. As a teacher, I would set assignment checkpoints to overcome this obstacle. In other words, I would require my students to submit big assignments in parts before submitting the entirety of the assignment so that they are not able to procrastinate as much work. 

Open educational resources (OER) are publicly available teaching and learning resources that have an open-copyright license or are in the public domain. OER can include textbooks, PowerPoints, videos, and any other tool or material that provides access to knowledge. OER and Beyond is a blog hosted by the Journal of Open Educational Resources In Higher Education that shares and provides information on open educational resources, open access, open data, open pedagogy, and more. You can also find materials related to education on my blog. 

Over the past couple of weeks, I have completed two PowerPoint assignments, the first being a lesson presentation and the second being a Jeopardy review game. Through completing these assignments, I am very happy to have acquired many new skills in PowerPoint. I have learned how to use animations, create a slide layout, and how to add footers. The only thing I did not like about PowerPoint is how difficult it can be to find certain features. By that, I mean that I thought some icons in the toolbar were difficult to locate. Next time I complete a PowerPoint presentation, I believe I will be more prepared to complete it efficiently. I have attached screenshots of my assignments below. 




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