Blog Post 9

    





   If I am being completely honest, contrary to popular opinion, my experience with distance learning was an absolute blast. Most people, when they talk about their experience with distance learning, mention how they could not focus, how they were easily distracted, and how they frequently procrastinated. However, my experience was the polar opposite. I was able to keep my tasks up to date, get a considerable amount of work done in between classes, and I was even more focused than ever. I was absolutely on top of everything, and I could do it all from the comfort of my home. I felt really productive. I predominantly used Zoom, and it was pretty effective. If I could choose another, it would be Google Meet, the reason being that it is very similar to Zoom and simple to use.

    OER is essentially open educational resources for teaching, learning and research materials. I found a blog (Here) which basically gives a general layout of OER and how it is helpful. The blog mentions how having free access to OER is something crucial especially for people who do not have money to pay for expensive educational resources. It also mentions how licences are open so one does not have to worry about copyright claims. It really gives a great explanation on how valuable OER is as a resource.

When it comes to the PowerPoint presentation I learned so much with this assignment. Initially I knew that I had done PowerPoints before so I did not think I would learn anything new but I now see I was incredibly wrong. First I learned about the alt text feature which pretty much gives a general explanation of any image you upload. Next I learned about recording video from PowerPoint which was incredible because I had no idea such a feature existed and I certainly did not know that it would be so easy and simple to use. I then learned how to download and upload that recording. This assignment took me by surprise but I really did enjoy it. I pretty much enjoyed everything about this assignment.

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