Over the course of this past semester I have learned a great deal of ideas, strategies and tools from this course. Coming into this semester I was nervous about being an IDS major. Not many people really know exactly what it means to be an interdisciplinary major unless they are one. Just from the past 15 weeks in this class a few of the most important takeaway ideas, strategies and tools I plan to take with me were eports, the difference between disciplinary/interdisciplinary/multidisciplinary, and open education.
When I heard we had to make personal eports for this class I was honestly really nervous about it. The idea of posting my work online for anyone to see was uncomfortable for me at first. Once I realized the positives to using eports I became a really big fan of them, and I am actually excited to keep using them in the future. Using an eport allows me to revisit my past work. So far I have only been using it for this class, and nexxt semester I will be using it for senior seminar, but beyond the IDS classroom I will continue using my eport. What really draws me to the idea of continuing using my eport is that it can act as a portfolio of all the work I have previously done. I can look back and see how I am growing as a person and a scholar, and I think that is a really important part of my education. I known once I graduate I will continue learning and my eport is the perfect place to keep my ideas and work stored once I no longer have someone to turn it into. The terms disciplinary, interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary are fairly new to me, but now that I know them, they’ll continue to be in my vocabulary. Learning the differences between the terms made me realize how relevant they are in my life. In the future I am hoping to work as a physician assistant, meaning I will be working very much in an interdisciplinary field. Had I stayed an allied health major, I would have never understood what it means work intertwined in different areas. But with my IDS background, I understand the full benefits from keeping an open mind and working with other disciplines in order to solve problems, which I think is a big step up. The last takeaway from this class that I will keep in my mind in the future is the idea of open education. Before this class I never heard of the idea open education, and now I am a big fan of it. It makes a lot of sense to me and I stand by it. In the future, education and career wise, I know I will be using textbooks, scholarly articles and even videos to help me learn. So far in college I have spent a LOT of money on textbooks and hopefully with open education in mind I can begin to find online textbooks and sites to help me learn without cost. After all education is just a concept of sharing, right? Eports, disciplinary/interdisciplinary/multidisciplinary, and open education are only three of many ideas, strategies and tools I learned this semester that will stay with me past the IDS classroom. I am honestly thankful to have been introduced to these ideas, because they will definitely benefit my future in education and in my career. Thank you IDS for helping me build my future.
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