Week 8: Peer Review and Case Study

As this was an asynchronous class this week, my time was spent working on the group case study and the peer review of learning logs.

Case Study

My role in our group is to provide the case and the context for this assignment. I chose to make a PowToon video to explain our case study, which is a challenge for me since I've never used PowToon before. I like to challenge myself like this and try new things as I really learn a lot from these experiences. As I was getting ready to make the video, I quickly realized that I needed to prepare a script. As I was writing the script, I realized that I had begun to write the paper! I spent quite a bit of time working on the script but this effort that I'm putting forth now will mean less work for me in the coming weeks. Here is the video that I made:

Peer Review

For the peer review of the learning logs, I reviewed Jen Artan's blog. This process was beneficial as it provided an opportunity to gain valuable feedback about my progress and ensure that I am on the right track with this assignment. The feedback that I received can be found HERE and the feedback that I provided can be found HERE. Through this process, I've realized that the connections to my learning goals are not always clear, so I have gone back and made sure that this was added throughout my reflections in my learning log.

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