I thought each research topic presented today was very unique. I really like how Shawn incorporated PowerPoint into his presentation. It definitely helped me follow along with his presentation, as well as provide a visual display of useful facts and information. It is great that he can narrow down the idea of globalization of education to be more specific by focusing on the benefits of study abroad programs. I had never thought in depth about study abroad programs, so I am interested to find out how a student benefits from them and in what ways.
Katherine also did a good job of working from a bigger subject, budget cuts, to making her topic more specific by focusing on art and music cuts. I thought she shared some good background information on the topic, and even though I am not as interested in art as her, her love of art was an explanation for her feelings on the matter of cutting more creative classes. Knowing why she was so passionate about her topic made me want to hear more.
Stephanie’s topic of online learning definitely related to the class very well, since we wrote a paper on Kaplan University’s advertisement for online education. Some of my classes do use Learn@UW and blogs, and I feel that they are okay to an extent. However, I would definitely dislike having an entire course be online. I feel as though learning is much harder for me individually if I am not in a classroom setting. I enjoy more hands-on ways of learning. I am looking forward to hearing Stephanie’s opinion about online learning once she completes her research.
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