POLS 2300 Political Ideologies
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Recent Student Feedback (Anonymous Student Survey)In what ways did this course stimulate or stretch your thinking?
• I would say the discussions. They opened up my thinking to new possibilities. For instance when I was talking about how world peace is possible, other students were arguing that it is not, due to humans nature. I was able to counter argue a point tha • It showed me sites where I can go to do some research in political science. It broadened my mind from the side of another political party. • it brought out the political thinker in me • In the same ways I think contributed to my learning. The discussions were different and opened my mind to things I never considered before. • This course allowed me to further my knowledge in the study of politics and encourage my interest in the subject. • (no response) • Professor Hubert wouldn't just let us give the simple answers. When we did, he would respond to our chats challenging us with more questions or ideas to think about. As long as we could back up what we wrote, that was his goal. Whether or not he agre • This course gave me more background information than I had before about politics. • The topics of the course including the ones we had to discuss with other students. • The research on subjects. • (no response) • (no response) What aspects of this class contributed most to your learning? • The book did, it was fascinating to learn about all the different ideologies in an objective and educational perspective. • (no response) • the layout of the online class • I enjoyed the discussion aspect of the class. It was different and really challenged my usual view of different things. I learned a lot from talking with others and getting a different view on the same subject. • Several. I really enjoyed learning about new topics via different resources and liked discussing them amongst my classmates to gauge their opinions in a beneficial mannerism. • Access to the instructor podcasts and ability to review them as many times as needed was a major boon to the distance learning environment, as it closely emulated being taught in the conventional classroom over and over. • Professor Hubert was the leading contributor to my learning in this class. He has designed this course with his students in mind. He challenges us to learn new things about different types of political ideologies that are not the norm. Not only do we • The textbook. • The challenge of writing a paper and doing all research on own. And having to peer review a paper on a different subject helped aswell. • Discussions with students and teacher concerning topics of the course. • (no response) • (no response) What aspects of this class detracted from your learning? • Online- not meeting in class • (no response) • The fact that it is online makes it easy to get distracted. • The online aspect...not the best at staying on task personally. • Inconsistency of discussion boards. Confusing updates. • Nothing • The only thing I can complain about this is that there was a discussion where you had to watch a video. I couldn't find a copy of said video and therefore ended up flunking the assignment. I think it's really only an issue because I live in the middl • I have no complaints about learning for this course, I have taken enough online courses to know what to expect from both myself and the instructor. • Lack of deadlines made this class difficult to keep up with. I never knew when anything was due and it put me at a disadvantage because I was not prepared for discussions or other educational opportunities. • nothing within the class • (no response) • None really |