CSUMB Learning Journal

This week began a little slower than Week 3 since I’ve been allowed to relax after turning in my Industry Analysis essay and seeing my grade for it. That feeling didn’t last because I already had to create an outline for our second and more serious essay that’s worth double the points of the previous one. This course moves really fast and I appreciate the time saved compared to taking normal semester length classes. Let’s get to what I’m required to talk about! I don’t think my educational goals are too ambitious for this program. I’d like to complete every course with at least a grade of 90% or higher. I’ll achieve that by completing all of my assignments on time and by doing any and all available extra credit. I would like to attain a feeling of pride and accomplishment. Those grades would be nice for my overall GPA too since it’s suffered a few times from certain unplanned life events taking priority over some classes at my previous schools. My career goals aren’t especially clear ...

Week 3 is coming to a close. I spent this week studying the lecture material and finalizing my Industry Analysis essay. The short video on how to format an APA reference page was especially helpful for me fixing my reference page as the slides detailing reference pages in the previous unit were not entirely clear. One unfortunate part of the essay requirements was that the limit of 12 references forced me to omit some information that I believed was important to my topic. In Module 3 of OLI I learned about the different work styles that people can have. I had never before considered that some people are internal or external processors when it comes to coming up with ideas. I also learned about different work styles and conflict styles that team members could have. The main subject of this week was about ethics in the field of Computer Science. I have come to dislike studying ethics because I’ve already had to do so many times before throughout my college education, but I under...

     Week 2 is coming to an end and it feels like the course is running at a much faster pace than the introductory first week. It can be really easy to fall behind already if you don’t pay attention and allocate time to know what your workload looks like for the week and plan accordingly. It felt a little crazy having to write out the rough draft for the Industry Analysis paper already. In regard to that assignment I think that my work was a little messy and I overused citations, but that’s why we have peer reviews to give valuable feedback and suggest how I can make improvements. I learned a lot about the subject company while developing the paper and I think it’s easy to see how much research I did.      Now let’s get on to summarizing what I viewed for the Module 2 Lecture. I watched ‘The Future Is Faster Than You Think’ video with Peter Diamandis’ lecture on why he thinks technology is going to rapidly develop and expand. The video is from 2018 and he ...

Week 1 is coming to a close and I’m getting a grasp on how this course is going to be. I had a bit of a rough start because I got sick at a New Years Eve party and was bedridden for most of the week, so that’s why I’m a little late to upload this post. I learned some more about team dynamics from Module 1 in OLI. This week was exciting getting to know the contents of the course and the instructing staff in charge of it. I look forward to the rest of this program!