U11d1 Learning and Questions

What were the three most significant areas of learning for you in this course?

1. Integrating all of the concepts learned during my Capella courses into one project.
2. The importance of having other people contribute to my project.
3. I learned through readings and discussions quite a lot about my topic but I also learned a lot about the topics that the other learners presented.

Share at least one question that the course has generated that you would like to investigate further.

Question to myself: Can my project be continuously maintained and developed?

 

U11D1 My Comment to Tanneka:

I agree with your statement that: "In all of life, there are sequential stages of growth and development. Each step is important and each one takes time."

U11d2 View of Topic

How has your view of the course topic changed based on the course readings and the interaction with your peers and the instructor?

My views on my topic were influenced by the readings about my topic as well as the contributions from the other learners who presented their observations and opinions about my topic and to whom I responded, all of which was part of the process that also changed the content of my project.

U11d3 Useful Ideas

In what ways have you translated the concepts and skills learned in this course to practical, everyday useful ideas?

I have used this information to created the final paper as well as the project website which I plan to maintain and develop in the future.

U11d4 Frustrations and Recommendations

What about this course was the most frustrating?

The most frustrating is always Father Time.

Also, having the software not �cooperate� at times can be frustrating.

Also, I think I will make a few comments about the APA format. In my opinion, the APA format is best for documentation such as references and bibliographies (Even though the published date is the most recent so that a book written long ago has the most recent date as the published date. For instance, The Social Contract was written in 1762 but the reference form is: Rousseau, Jean-Jacques. (1994). The Social Contract. New York : Oxford University Press. I think perhaps it could be written as: Rousseau, Jean-Jacques. (1762, 1994). The Social Contract. New York : Oxford University Press so that a first time reader would not think that it was a recently written book but that is not the APA format). I think the APA format is an intermediary format, partly because it is double spaced, to send as a manuscript to proofreaders so that they can write corrections and comments between the lines. Has anyone ever seen a book in a bookstore written in APA format? Probably only rarely. A publisher would take the proofread manuscript and then would have graphic designers spruce it up into a salable form. I am not saying that there is anything wrong with the APA form, I am just making some comments about it.

What changes would you recommend?

I agree with Jon that it would be a good idea to have everyone list their projects so that everyone can read them.

By the way, if you are interested my course URL was:

http://www.lc.capellauniversity.edu/~125836

The final paper is at .ED5990PaperAPA.pdf

and the project website is at the URL:

http://democracy2020.org