Having a majority of our assignments on our own personal eport was a big change for me. I hadn't had any other class that used an eport to this degree but it was a standout benefit of this course. By having assignments posted online to my website it gives me more ownership over what I post and it makes me think more about how I am viewed professionally online.

I really appreciate this style of grading for pass fail. This gives me less pressure to have a post or assignment perfectly edited and formatted. Also this lets you retake assignments multiple times and doesn't penalize you for minor mistakes.

I have found the open office hours very helpful with everything from minor assignments to major assistance with my IDS contract.

This is the only group I think of when I generally think of IDS but I think that is because I'm from a creative background. Personally I am looking for a career that involves my interests and passions in some way.

This was much the case for me when I was a junior at PSU. I had transferred to Plymouth and though I was on track for a BFA degree in studio art but realized I was missing one major required course. I had to change majors to a BA in studio art as a junior because going to school for one year was just within my budget and another two years would have been almost impossible.

I agree with you this is where working in an interdisciplinary is very beneficial, helping fill in knowledge across disciplines.

engineering is another big one

To me this sounds a bit forwards thinking, I do not think most people overlook the impressive nature of flying in a airplane

this is a new term and concept for me and was interesting the way you relate learning back to IDS

This reminds me of outside of the box thinking and creative problem solving that is inherent with IDS

this really stands out to me as an artist and designer

I agree with this statement in general

People mentioned this seems like a lot of time but it isn't really that long if you think about what people nowaday spend a lot of time doing. If you did something for 2 hours a day you would accumulate 10,000 hours in roughly 10 years, but most people would put more time in on a daily basis. For example look at the amount of time a day you spend watching tv, or on social media, could be 4-8 hours a day, and that time could easily be put into other things

Sounds about right to me, reminds me of the saying it takes 2000 hours to get good at something. Keep in mind being a master does not mean you have nothing else to learn

Is it only seen as disruptive to teacher and other education staff, this would not be the case overall

How important is this?

I see this as the biggest challenge with working across disciplines. And you need to put work in to seek out people who are open to collaboration

this is key, students cannot make an educated discussion without knowing all the options

especially the case with arts

I compleatly agree

Knowing your competition is key in business in any field. But I would say most businesses are socially active with their competition but they are not exactly friendly. They may keep track of the online presence, sales, promotions and the public reception of their competition but; they don't really discuss new developments, technology or philosophy because of the competition inherent in a capitalist marketplace. This to me is the biggest loss, because of the competitive nature people, regardless of their field, people are always going to put making money over working collaboratively. So unfortunately experts don't want to work across disciplines because they fear giving up their competitive advantage in the capitalist marketplace. Also the advancements of collective learning have been stunted by corporations and companies, and organizations withholding sensitive information, trade secrets and material process because they fell they own them and no one else should have access.

Normally speaking this would be the case. But I think teachers would actually benefit more from the knowledge and experience of teachers outside their field. If they were only to talk to teachers in similar courses the teaching methods, style and point of view will be biased based on their field. It is always best to have multiple perspectives so you know how different types of people work through problems, learn, express and communicate ideas.

This was in the previous reading, word for word. ???

Isn't that what classifies them as students and as teachers respectfully?

What was the cost of these correspondence studies? How would people be able to afford to learn something without getting any monetary benefit from it? Seams like a luxury of the rich and upper class

Speak for yourself

I agree that this seems to be a closed minded outlook on your career and the world in general. I would say most jobs require some sort of interdisciplinary work, and to me this example is so unrealistic because of this. The Geographer speaking obviously has no sense at all, why would you put yourself in an imaginary box for no good reason?

Technique?

good visual example

Sounds like a lot of BS. Most people want a career that makes them a lot of money with minimum effort.

I highly doubt this is the case seeing how many people attend college undecided and change degree and course focus over time.

I think they can if you value everything you put your name to then despite it being graded or not it should have the same value to it. But most people tend to focus more effort into somethings than others

This strikes home to me as a graphic designer, when you have advanced beyond the templates and basics it is always best to have more powerful editing tools at your disposal

This idea I really like and could get behind. I like the fact that with a domain you can access all your old work quickly and hassle free.

I notice even with our plymouth server email we still get phishing scams and unwanted advertisers sending us, as students, emails