SCILS 598 do's and don't's

I think the only change I'd like to see in this class might be difficult to implement due to the nature of the course. I feel like a major aim of social software use in libraries is collaboration and the whole, y'know, social aspect, so I would've liked more synchronous chats or collaborative projects like the week we did the wiki. However, I realize that my classmates and I are spread around the country, living in different time zones, and that many of us work full-time and that is part of the reasoning for our online course participation. These factors, and others, make synchronous and collaborative efforts difficult.

As for my general review of the course, I liked it. I really feel like I learned a lot and I'm much more confident with wikis and with the sound of my own voice in recordings, in particular! I had a lot of fun (I think the video week was my favorite!) and I've also already started implementing some of these tools into my work life. I did really struggle with keeping up with the constantly growing number of tools we were using each week, though. At this point, I'm checking the three e-mail accounts we created, Facebook, Bloglines, MySpace, Twitter, and I don't even know what else...it's very difficult to manage.