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The MSLD 500 course has given me a great learning experience. Reflecting on that experience I notice that everything has been positive and for the better. Even though this is my first master class and I don’t have any other class to compare it to, I think it’s been a great, fun learning experience in which everything I have learned can be used or transferred over to my personal and work life. If I were to compare the worldwide program experience to a regular classroom, I can say it has many advantages. One of these advantages is the flexibility of being able to “attend class” when you can during the week. For example in my case, since I recently just began working again, I have been able to dedicate Thursday through Sunday for schoolwork. One of the main drawbacks of online classes is learning to get into discipline of maintain a balance between school, work, and family. When I first began this master course, it became hard trying to balance schoolwork with family time. I found myself many times just surfing the web for irrelevant subjects, or just going out camping with family rather than staying home to do my schoolwork. Now I have learned to maintain a schedule allowing me to balance everything that is important at this moment (school, work, and family).

So, what can I have done to improve my learning experience in this course? The main thing I wish I could’ve done for this course is dedicate more time to explore all the subjects, concepts, and so on. Another way I could’ve improved my learning experience would be to learn discipline and balance between class, and life from the beginning. This would’ve avoided me submitting in two to three assignments late. What can the University or the instructor do to provide additional support for my learning? Honestly, I don’t think there’s more the instructor or the University could do to improve my learning experience even more. For example, the teacher is available through email or by phone from M-Sat. The instructions that were given for each assignment were a little vague but that is the point of the class, to enhance your own thinking, make your own decisions or judgment, and to take whatever decision is best for your path to the future. Were the topics that were covered seem relevant or irrelevant to your experience and to what you expect for future courses?  The topics that were covered were very much relevant to the course. Between the weekly readings and discussions it allowed me to understand in more depth how it related to critical thinking. Some of the examples and weekly readings even gave personal or real-life experience of those researchers, allowing me to gain a better perspective or feeling for the topic or subject being discussed. For the second part of this last question, I’m not sure what is to come in the future of these classes. But I have no doubt that what I have learned in this class will transfer over and be very useful for the next and rest of the classes of the MSLD program.