Despite my worst fears, I really enjoyed this class as a summer class. The format was by far the best I’ve had in an online class at Mira Costa! I love that the entire summer session was outlined for us in the beginning, including specific assignments. I’m one of those people who want to know what I’m getting into up front, so this was perfect!
For me the most academically relevant assignment was the research paper. I have written many papers in my college career, in MLA and APA formats but I’m finding my professors didn’t always check me on my formatting. This course has forced me to relook at what I thought MLA was and do it the right way, even though I must admit I wasn’t happy about it when I didn’t do so well on an ancillary.
Getting through the very first paper was extremely tough for me because it had been so long since I’d written anything but research papers which just seemed to flow better for me. When it was all said and done, I’m glad I didn’t drop which was my plan half way into week one.
I took two online summer courses this year so I had another class to compare this one too. I liked that the ancillaries were actually useful as tools to start thinking about the next paper and weren’t just “busy work” which is what I am finding in a lot of other online courses. I too wish we could have gotten these back sooner to use in our papers, but I understand the time crunch of a summer school class. At least I have them to improve my papers for the final portfolio!
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