Working on the final project has been interesting. Communication was a bit of a hang up from the get go. We thought we could rely solely on Oncourse email, but in the end, found this to be impossible. After meeting in the Oncourse chat room and talking a bit, I drafted up the project proposal and we divided up tasks for research and slide design for the final project. Megan had the most experience with film studies and was most definitely the leader of the group. Communication proved to be tough over the course of the project, but we were all good about emailing our progress to each other. I was fascinated to learn what courses were offered in film studies and found the student testimonials to be quite interesting. I wish that I would have taken some time in my IUPUI career to explore a film course or two. But then again, maybe it’s better that I didn’t. After all, I changed my major/minors enough…that’s why I’ve been here so long. We found that faculty within film studies were pretty amazing resources. I wish that we had had more time to work on the project or could have some how come together in person to work on it, so that maybe we could have expanded our knowledge of technology to include web design and so that we could have all played greater roles in the project. In the end though, I was happy with what we came up with.
EVoice December 15, 2009
Considering all aspects of e-communication I have encountered this semester, with my Second Life avatar, the use of this blog, and wiki entries, I do see where certain aspects of my personality come through. I think with my SL avatar, I am able to be more of the “real” me as I have the option to use gestures and expressions, though somewhat limited, when I speak. I have found that those pieces of communication are quite important when trying to portray certain ideas and when not being able to rely on tone of voice. Also, it seems more as if I am speaking to someone’s face, even if it is only the face of an avatar. In blogging, I feel I have a more laid back approach to writing, which is very similar to how I speak one on one with a person. In the wiki’s, I am a little laid back as my intended audience is my class, but still tend to be a little more focused than any other form of communication in class.
I find myself being more aware of my audience and thus find myself taking a more conversational tone in my writing because I know that my audience is my peers and I like when I read their conversational posts. It adds to the “classroom dynamic” that Ithink we are kind of missing in taking an online course.
