Blogging

This is the first class in my college career where there were no tests, quizzes, exams, homework or other out of class assignments. I found it very unique the first day of class when we were told that we would be graded only on attendance and weekly blog posts. This made me more excited about the class because I felt the change of pace would be nice and I knew that I would be extremely busy with my senior design class for engineering. 

            After experiencing an entire semester of this class with the blogging format I could not think of a better way to keep the class more interested and involved in the class. With my engineering background I definitely feel that I am a hands on learner and have never been that much of a fan of taking exams and having nightly homework. Through the blog assignments in this class, I feel that I was able to have a more hands on approach as I had to do some of my own research to complete the assignments. I found myself very interested in class discussions and then would further my knowledge on the subjects that we would talk about by doing my own research and writing the blogs.

            Along with me liking the blogging because of how involved it kept me in the class, I feel that I will retain the information better over time than I would have by taking exams and having homework assignments. In my opinion, it is very hard to learn if you do not enjoy the class or the assignments. Through writing the blogs for this class I found that the class was more enjoyable than other non-engineering classes I have taken in the past. This like and interest for the class helped me to get more out of it than I feel I would have if I were stressing over homework and exams on a regular basis.