UNIVERSITY OF OREGON – 2013 WINTER WEBSKILLS COURSES

                                     MY REFLECTIONS ON WEEK 9

Hi all,

Week 8 is gone. Welcome Week 9. This week, we learnt what is referred to as “Multiple Intelligences”. I really appreciate this theory developed by Howard Garner from Harvard University because it helped me understand the kinds of intelligences that can exist, and encouraged me to be more tolerant towards learners. From what I learnt,  I come to understand that trying to find a person with all the nine (9) intelligences is a utopia.

This week was also the opportunity for us to “polish” our individual projects for submission to the Instructor. Wow! I come from far. In the very beginning of the course, when reflecting on the final project, one question was always going through my mind: “Will I be successful?” But with the expertise our Instructor displayed and the sincere collaboration with the other participants of the class, I moved smoothly towards the final project. Have I made it? Time will tell. All my gratitude to my partners, namely Brigitte Falkner from Austria and Nguyen Thi Lan Huong from Vietnam for the good job done when time came for reviewing my draft project.

The final point I’d like to mention is that I have a mixed feeling now because the countdown has already started. I’m happy because we’ve learnt a lot through the past weeks. At the same time, I feel nostalgia when I think of the days after the wrap up of these 2013 Winter Webskills courses. I’ll miss you Robert, Brigitte, Huong, Nazeer, Yves, Philippe, Irada, Peri, Nasim, Mustapha, Jinnat, Mandira, Renuka, Ricardo, Tatsiana, Elena, Aparna, Aurangzeb, Montana, Nahid, Sadia, Yubaraj, and Maheshwor. Anyway, “that’s the way life goes.”

Looking forward to starting the very last week, I wish anyone of us good luck for our final projects.

With regards,

Dagnogo