Each week for my communications class we’re assigned to write a discussion post answering questions about the topic we learned about that week. The questions are usually about our personal opinions or experiences. After we publish our posts we’re then assigned to respond to other classmate’s posts, furthering the discussion of the topic and creating an atmosphere that resembles being in an actual class.
Which 21st Century Skill do you feel this assignment addresses, and why?
These weekly discussions addressed my communication skills, once again on a somewhat meta-level since we were communicating about communication.
How did you develop and/or improve upon your 21st Century Skills with this assignment?
I developed my communication skills through our discussion by both learning about communication and how it affects my life and applying my communication skills by responding and communicating with other students.
How can you apply this to future learning? / How can you apply this to future learning?
Other classes, I’ve had this semester have also had a similar format to this and I imagine future classes will as well. I believe that these group discussions are important for creating interpersonal relationships among students that otherwise wouldn’t be likely to occur in an online class.