I can not stress this enough, how many times have you spent hundreds on textbooks that you only use for one class. It's absurd, it's ridiculously expensive for a college student. It's useful to have a textbook that students collaborate on and contribute information. This results in continuously learning new information and perspectives.

This is a very graduate school level of thinking. For me , sport psychology is not offered as an undergraduate course anywhere in the US, but through a customized major like this, it forces us to relate our classes directly to our majors. No other student is forced to do that. A psychology major may know what they want to with a psychology degree, but ultimately they need to go to graduate school and focus in on one specific aspect of psychology. I have been relating every one of my psychology classes towards sport for the last two years, and in my opinion I am very far ahead of the game for when I apply to graduate school.

This is very important and beneficial, it's not often that I will email a professor and get an email back within the hour.

This is very true but don't forget to mention the upperclass transfer students who transferred to Plymouth State with a large amount of credits and couldn't fulfill the amount of credits for another major, without having to complete a couple extra years of college. We're not made of money.

Everyone had the right idea about this quote. Nice thinking. As an aspiring Psychologist of Athletes, It is important to have a creative mind set as so everybody has a different psyche. More related to the quote- Sometimes the student needs to share information back to the teacher in order to sympose new knowledge (mainly showing that this isn't one sided). I wish that more people would see the importance of sharing information. Open Education Resources are a great way to get different inputs, but the only way to form a new way of thinking is by collaborating in real time. I noticed Twitter is an amazing resource in this day and age to communicate with people who share the same passions and interests of bettering their professions.

I feel like the only problem with this, is that people may not have done their research thoroughly and some information may not be correct. So I feel like it's important for us readers to distinguish this information.

I like that Plymouth State actually has a decent collection/access to many databases. I've never had a problem not being able to find enough information for research papers.

Exactly why I never purchase textbooks until I am 100% sure that they're worth my money and that were actually reading a good chunk of the book.

Wow I had no idea that textbooks were actually this expensive! This is outrageous!

This open education concept is very important to me because I feel like with tuition costs, student loans and other expenses that college students have, textbooks should be either included or free online.

If universities are starting to take slow steps towards interdisciplinarity- totally or partially- I would assume that in some way OER would have to be a part of that conversation.

This resonates with Robins comments about the library resources we pay half a mil to use each year. We already pay for the research through taxes... now we have to pay for it again?

How can we possibly call this learning when these are the additional expenses? I cannot afford to buy textbooks. I especially dislike when the only required text in the course is written by the teacher, and it's a requirement that you buy it. As if I wasn't already being robbed by the Uni, now my professors feel that they can reach into my pockets too. Learning from one book, written by one person is not comprehensive learning!

I definitely agree with this statement. I feel like I am more intrigued in class when a professor is giving an example of what we're learning through a personal story. It makes the content of the class more interesting.

Also collaborating with others may give you more career opportunities and resources.

This is very important, I really like how our IDS textbook is free to the public. Knowledge should be affordable.

This idea would allow students to learn how to "think" before putting into practice what they're learning.

That's because many students are trained in only ONE specific field and when they look for jobs the companies are looking for ONE person to be trained in MANY fields...

I ask myself this question a lot in business. We call this idea "disruptions". These are trends or new methods that would outsource old ways of doing things and making them obsolete.

It's important to remember that disciplines are not our enemies in IDS but instead our building blocks!

This is an important mindset for an interdisciplinary institution.

I wonder why education was so religious based back in the day? What about the upper class people who didn't follow any religious practices, where did they go to school?

Wow I didn't know that the first college was created so recently!

I think more educators need to understand that with a digital facelift come these emerging opportunities to help their students!

In my communications class, we learned that McLuhan also said, "the medium is that massage" as in it gives us a comforting and relaxing feeling. An "ahhhh" moment.

This is truly one of my favorite parts of learning through IDS. I've tried harder on my blog posts because I know they have the potential to reach others in my field. It makes more sense for my education to put my work out there than to submit it on moodle. Another great part is that I can read my peers work and see all the cool things they're working on in their own field. #PlymouthIDS #IDSSem

I really like this analogy, it helped me better understand the definitions!

Wow, I love this quote! I never thought of "hell" as this concept but it makes sense. What is more frustrating than not understanding how one thing relates to another? I can't think of anything.

This is definitely relevant because in order to understand one concept fully we have to understand the sub components that make up the concept.

I feel like sadly this is relatable, especially as an upper class transfer student. I found it very hard to pursue my preferred major, while also attempting to graduate on time. In that sense college felt very chaotic and stressful.

Technology has really improved the way people are being educated. It helps us keep up to date with what is going on in our world within all the different types of fields of study. It does give us the opportunity to advance our education and knowledge and teach others on new skills and developments.

Almost everyday, a person will learning something new. I agree completely with this statement! It is important for people to read up on articles and materials because they can learn something outside their field and share with their peers.

I learn the best when I am really interested in the field or topic being taught. I am more motivated in a course to do well when the content is interesting and fun!

It is amazing to think how disciplines can differentiate from one another. It is important to be educated on the different kinds of fields and how they work.

I believe it is important to be aware of different disciplines and how they work. This concept can be key when trying to solve problem solve in the real professional world.

It is so important for interdisciplinary students to understand and be educated on how different types of fields work. Keeping an open mind and learning different perspectives can help anyone in the professional world.

I love this statement about multidisciplinarity and interdisciplinarity. It describes how both disciplines work in such a unique way!