My Personal Reflections about EDLD 5301

This course was a very interesting course for me.  I was able to gain a deeper understanding of the action research process.  Many of the different assignments forced me to study and evaluate the research plan process.

The readings were very interesting and thorough as they explained different scenarios and situations dealing with different types of research studies.  These readings gave me an insight to see how different solutions and strategies were implemented to help improve the different situations.

The discussion board proved to be a vital tool for this course. I really enjoyed reading many diverse perspectives from so many people on different types of scenarios and situations.  It is very helpful to be able to share in common discussions.  I think it is a good idea for us to have to comment on other people’s ideas and research plans.  For one, we get to see the different dilemmas that are being researched in different settings.  We were also allowed to see how the research plan started to come together and develop into a resolution process for a problem.  I also found it very beneficial to receive constructive criticism and suggestions for my own personal research plan.  It is very helpful to have different sets of eyes read my plan, because it helps me to see things differently and allows me to make adjustments and changes if necessary.  When someone commented on my plan, they brought it to my attention that my research goal was too broad and a little confusing to understand the purpose of my research.  The discussion posts allowed me to make some changes to my plan and hopefully improve it as I was working on it.

I learned a lot from creating my blog and posting different comments and responses to all the others.  This was a great learning experience to help keep me in the social media loop our society is quickly turning to.

Overall, I feel I learned a lot from this course in many different areas of the entire action research plan.  I have gotten a deeper insight of the process and I plan to implement my learning in future courses and in my personal daily practice.