course reflection by vivian cheung

Did weblogs work for my learning purpose?

Because of the lecture, we all have an opportunity to set up an account in Blogger. However I found it is not as user friendly as Xanga. It is because I have been using Xanga for 4years and already get used to its layout and format. It is the first time that I use weblog in academic purpose. I found it beneficial to our learning, since we wrote an introduction post in the first few weeks of the lecture which helps students getting known of each others. Also we submit essay in weblog which classmates can make use of the comment function to give feedback to our classmates. Besides, it is easy for classmates to understand the presentation as the presenters of each week have uploaded the outline in the web.

Whether I believe myself as cyborg?

I would define myself as cyborg since I rely on technology very much. I used mobile phone and computer everyday. I can not remember most of my friends’ number as I saved in mobile phone. Also, I feel insecure if I don’t check email account everyday. Most importantly, I cannot separate with glasses/contact lens. Thus, you can see the boundary between man and machine become blur.

Like or dislike the course?

I think the course is interesting and unusual because it lets students submit essay online. It is more interactive as students can communicate with other classmates through weblog. And we can receive comments from peers but not only from lecturer. Also, this course did help students rethinking of issues of the relationship between technology and self-identity.

However, I think some of the concept in this course is not easy to digest in a short period. As the concepts are quite debating, such as gender, race and virtual ethics, they are not easy to define right or wrong, good or bad. It is because there is no absolute answer for these topics.