One of the most incredible things about being an education student is having the privilege and opportunity to learn from so many of my thoughtful, intelligent peers. Likewise, it’s such a privilege to contribute to the learning of my peers in even a small way. My ultimate goal  with this class was to serve my community well in its overall learning.

So: how did I contribute to the learning of others? It feels weird and self-promoting to write about something like this, but I’ll try my best. 

I believe the main way I contributed to the learning of others was by sharing my thoughts even if I felt silly doing so. As in, I’m not afraid to ask stupid questions or go on a tangent. As in, I frequently contributed quality thoughts during whole class and small group discussions. However you want to phrase it, I was very active in group discussions and in the group chat during class. This may not be the most “online” type of interaction, but its the one I do best.

The second way I contributed to learning of others was through blog comments. I tried to comment as much as I could while still providing meaningful and genuine thoughts. I promise I had screenshots of several comments but I can’t find them on my computer nor can I figure out how to search for them via wordpress. Please believe me, I tried, but I have ten minutes to submit this assignment.

The biggest limitation I had in terms of contributing to the learning of others was in regards to the “course community”, AKA the class Discord server. I really did intend to check it out, but it just wasn’t a natural or easy method of communication for me. It seems like in previous years the class utilized X (formerly Twitter) as an aspect of the course community. I am a big Twitter user for better or worse, and I know this is a platform I would have excelled at. This is interesting commentary on how platform can make a difference in our frequency and quality of interactions with our online communities.