ED5306 Course Reflection

When my wife and I decided to enroll on a distance-learning program we researched on the best alternatives that offered more professionalism, better opportunities, and a reliable name in education. Living in Lake Charles, Louisiana our closest choice was the program offered by McNeese State University, where my wife and I obtained our bachelor’s degrees.
At the beginning we thought that the program was going to require some sacrifices, some extra time off of work, and some energy to complete projects and assignments, and we weren’t mistaken. This online program requires time, effort, and knowledge every week to finish all the assignment required to complete the class after the five weeks.
It is interesting to see how by completing every part of the assignments every week, we increase the knowledge on every topic we work on. Watching the videos online, reading the articles, and collaborating with other students via e-mails and the class wiki is a great way to stay ahead of the assignments every week.
After doing some parts of the weekly assignments, we try to envision the ideas working to our own environments. I bring some of the ideas to school for administrators and teachers to use. I even share some of the reading with the faculty for them to know about some of the techniques that are being use for teachers to accomplish goals within the classes.
Some things we can’t accomplish or implement right away, but we can definitely get ideas, start planning, and move in the direction of getting them implemented for the students to start using them and gaining knowledge for goal accomplishments.
Then, there was the satisfaction of scoring high at the end of each week’s assignments, makes you feel like you are getting the information, and you are understanding the concepts that are being taught.
Overall, we thought it was a great educational experience, full of input for us to start using or to start planning about implementing in our schools in short time period.
This was also a great way to gain personal knowledge about technology and to learn about leadership within technology at school and leadership in general in education.
We are very pleased with the results of this first course, and we can’t wait to see what the next level is going to bring to the plate.