Contributing to My Learning Community EDLD 5305 and EDLD 5303

As I embark on my Master of Education in Applied Technology program and focus on the Disruptive Innovation in Technology and Applying Educational Technology courses, I'm dedicated to this self-assessment process. Examining my strengths, weaknesses, and contributions throughout this journey is an important piece for measuring growth and building up my learning experience.

My self-assessment is: 

• Course: 5305: 89 out of 100
• Course: 5303: 85 out of 100

At the start of my courses, I aimed to hit the ground running and team up with classmates to collaborate and support each other throughout the process. I had the pleasure of working with Janeal White, Faith Lopez, Kimberly Meshall, and Joeline Sanchez. I believe that our strength as a group was our ability to work together effectively. We collaborated well on all assignments and provided constructive feedback on each other's work. Group discussions helped with clarifying assignments and troubleshooting our ePortfolio development. I actively reached out and incorporated feedback from our group on my work, leading me to a more well-rounded submission. To make sure that  I had a thorough understanding, I completed all course readings, and videos, and posted all discussions in my ePortfolio. These posts were helpful to me in my research and decision-making for my innovation proposal and plan. My biggest challenge with collaboration was managing my time effectively.  I made an effort to attend as many Zoom meetings as possible to gain a better understanding of expectations and work collaboratively with the class. However, due to conflicting life schedules, there were times when I couldn't attend live meetings. In such cases, I made sure to catch up on the recordings as soon as they were posted to stay on top of things. My comfort zone in my past college career has been working independently on coursework and being responsible for my own learning. It was a shift in mindset to collaborate with others and share perspectives in order to make changes. In the next course, I plan to start collaborating with my peers immediately. I need to improve my leadership skills and responsiveness to feedback from classmates in both our group and whole class discussions. Juggling two courses together was demanding, especially as a new ADL program participant in March. The way in which the two courses were linked proved to be very beneficial for me. I could apply knowledge gained in EDLD 5305 directly to my EDLD 5303 ePortfolio, enhancing both projects. 
    In conclusion, I have learned a lot from these two courses and my classmates. I had to step out of my comfort zone and maintain a growth mindset. The projects tied to this class will be so beneficial for me in the long run of my career. My Innovation proposal and video have already caught the eye of my academic director for my district and I can't wait to show her all my research with my literature review. I am hopeful about the possibility of using my implementation outline to bring about positive change in my district. Before completing the program, I eagerly anticipate gaining knowledge from the next eight courses. I am excited to see the content of my ePortfolio at that time. ​