I felt like most of my post were well thought out and analytical, they included citations and contained very little to no grammatical errors yet I received a poor grade on a lot of them. I always met the deadlines. I feel like I wasn't graded accurately.   It sure seems that you read the forum instructions.  However, you never contacted me, not even once, for feedback on your specific forum posts.  I would have been glad to let you know why you earned the scores you did. (NOTE - This student kindly shared his/her name with my on this anonymous survey, so I was able to check the Moodle message logs to confirm.  Lesson to all online students of mine - Moodle message me.  I read and respond ALL seven days of the week.)

For an online course I thought it was a perfect way to show engagement in the course, Having a variety of materials to refer to was great, although there were a lot of things that you had to read/watch/take notes on, you had to really manage your time well and try not to procrastinate. 

I feel like a fairly large amount of emphasis was pushed for people to often share their opinions on the subject of Vietnam, as opposed to discussing supported ideas using facts. The inclusion of several individuals to my group who consistently refused to discuss facts was frustrating. I agree.  That is why students are required to cite sources when they make claims.  Uninformed opinions do not receive high scores, if any.

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I liked the forums. It gave me a chance to use what I had learned to form an argument as to why I thought what I did. I'd say the week ten forum got pretty heated. I do appreciate the forums, because everyone has to have some level of respect so we can debate topics without the threat of someone becoming vulgar.  Even now, 42 years after the war ended, the topic is still a controversial one.

I didn't like the forums Because of the general laziness of the students participating. makes it very difficult to enjoy the conversation.

You can't fix lazy. 

I usually made my initial posts every Wednesday. Constructing a solid post for these forums took me awhile to be honest. The depth of analysis required to create a valid post in these forums was a lot of work and thought. I would make an effort to reply quickly to class mates who had responded to  a my initial post. If I did not personally receive any responses, I would take time to find  a post or two that I agreed with or found interesting to try to start  a conversation or simply agree with the  individual and add more information that I had found to the post. I usually did this Saturday and Sunday to give everyone ample time to get their initial posts completed and have conversation​s started. Even when I used the forums on Sunday, they were very active with many posts and replies. If students are communicating and getting the work done, I did not see a problem with the conversations​ going late into the weekend. I aimed to complete four forum posts per week and also tried to make sure my posts were informative and well thought out with a good bit of length.

Overall, the forums were a great experience for me.

I liked the forum posts and was intrigued by the topics. I liked to voice my opinion on the matter but was irritated by some students who would continually harass others. The only thing about the forum I had a tough time with was trying to get my posts perfect, which I know I shouldn't have stressed about so much.

feedback from the instructor on how to improve week to week would have been very beneficial.  The instructor provided zero feedback and lock each weeks forums after the Sunday deadline not allowing us to feedback after grading.   As I said above, I would have been happy to provide detailed feedback beyond the numerical scoring feedback you received after each forum.

more than two

Honestly, at the beginning of the term I was doing fine and felt that the work load of the forums, though excessive, was doable. Once I was hit with the heavy course load of my other classes (I took 21 credits), the amount of time that the forums took was WAY too unrealistic for me to put as much effort into as I did previously. As much as I wanted to contribute more to the forums, I just didn't have the time. I did my best to get at least 5 posts in, but that was not the case every week. I do, however, like that there were multiple questions to respond to and that you split the forums up by topic. 

I simply did not have time to read the material, watch hour long videos, take notes, and write an essay for extra credit on top of the class work I had in other classes. If the extra credit wasn't an essay I probably would've been able to do it. 

With my other classes this term, and all the work in this course, I found it a bit much to have to write an additional paper for extra credit with the already large work load from all my classes combined, so I found myself not doing any of them.

I felt that between the reading, the videos, and the forum posts, in addition to the course-load I already had, the extra-credit was just too much for me to want to focus on. I think that had I chosen to devote time to it, it would have helped improve my grade a tad. I think that it is a great thing to offer for some of those that need it, or for the people who want to use it to assure that they get the highest grade they can in the course.

I felt like the extra credit would take too much time on top of the regular work load.  

I wanted to take more advantage of the extra credit, but with my 16 credit workload it was hard to find time to do the extra credit.

I thought the extra credit was fair, I think that people's uncertainty of how many percentage points the extra credit would earn them turned most students off to completing it. after all, would you agree to put in a days work if your employer kept your wage a secret? probably not unless you you were desperate for the cash.  If you weren't sure of the weight, you should have asked.

I didn't really need it, so the workload involved didn't outweigh my need to work on other class work. 

I felt like my participation in the course forums was adequate enough to warrant not having to complete the optional extra credit assignments. And honestly, the assignments seemed rather extensive for having such low weight on final grades and just didn't seem like they would be worth the effort required.

I enjoyed the extra credit opportunities a lot. I completed one of them, and the only reason I was unable to complete the other ones is because of the little time I had between work and school.

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no extra credit

I was very thankful for the first extra credit opportunity because it was something I could do and I had time to do. The second opportunity, though I wanted to take advantage of, I was swamped with other classes and didn't get the chance. These last two opportunities, however, I am taking full advantage of. So thank you.

I rather wouldn't buy a textbook just because I like to save money. I'm pretty tech savvy and work well on a computer, so I have no problem reading online. I've never had a class that used free online materials. 

For me at least I'm blessed with parents who pay for my textbooks (thank god), so worrying about buying textbooks isn't an issue for me., however I can see how it may be a problem for many people. I'm very comfortable and familiar with my computer and the internet, so reading things online, or learning from my computer is about on par with my abilities to learn in the classroom or from books. I had a philosophy class that used OER exclusively for all the readings in the class, and I didn't have any problems doing them, I could access it on my computer and my phone. I enjoyed having the two books though for this class, just so I'm not always staring at a screen/monitor, personally if there was a choice between the two that would be best, but I would have no problem being forced to use OER or textbooks exclusively. 

The books were not that expensive. I chose to rent one of them, albeit the one that costs less, because I have no use for the book after this course. I don't think that ethically we should go without books or material of any kind that is benefiting authors that support the institution of higher education. I do think that there should be a cap for the cost of these materials, such as 100$ or so. 

I  was fine paying for the required materials.

In my opinion I think this a great idea. It's 2017 and I think people who are in college have been around technology all their lives and it wouldn't be a hard transition. If anyone says they don't like reading online or it's hard for them, definitely read tweets all day or Facebook posts. And if it's that hard for them, then you can just print it out and you'll still save more money and trees than buying a textbook.

short answer: In this day and age students are more likely to read articles on the web then a book they ha to buy for class. It might seem like extra work but trust me students are going to be much happier not having to pay for materials after already spending a bundle on the class. you could always just include the purchasable materials as a suggestion for students that would rather spend the cash.  I am definitely NOT going to run a class where different students have different materials.  Imagine the forums.  Imagine the exams.

I agree that OER's sound great on the surface. However, I've taken other courses using solely OER material and more often than not it's a nightmare. Nothing is organized, different sources state different "facts", some of the sources do indeed just disappear, and half the time it was pretty obvious the instructor didn't bother to read the material; as in the material related poorly to the exam. 

I think it is great to use internet sources for classes. I used my internet sources in this  a class far more than either textbook we were assigned. As long as the information​ is relevant to the course and has a similar outcome on what was learned, I am all for it. I also feel that most students taking online courses would have similar thoughts about internet  sources. Texts are expensive.

I like having a book personally. Trust me, I don't like paying for it but I've tried the whole reading online thing and it gets difficult. I think there is too much reading in this course not to have a book.

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textbook is a bit of heavy

I personally found the prices to be fine since I got a scholarship to cover my textbooks. If people are willing to put in the work ahead of time to do the same then there might not be as much of an issue. I definitely feel like the textbooks were necessary for the course and everything online would complicate things.

Nothing comes to mind.

None that I use other than Google Docs and Grammarly ( a website and google chrome extension that corrects grammar for you and is very easy to use)

None come to mind. I'm a Bio major with a minor in Chem for Pre-medicine, I'm not exactly hip on all the new History programs that are being released.

no

Honestly Google Doc is the best resource for a college class I can think of.

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Not that I can think of.

I think anything provided within the Google suite would be a good place to start. These applications offered by Google are often free and highly accessable to most students. LCC has definitely gone this direction this year.  I plan to use Hangouts for online office hours.

More obscure apps/tools may run into comparability issues with students using different platforms to access the course.  You are right.

No I don't have ome.

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useful.

No

Allow different kinds of extra credit opportunities for students, because it was hard to actually think about and write an essay on top of the assigned course material, and other class responsibilities. 

I would recommend you letting us know earlier about the midterm, specifically whats going to be on it. It would be helpful because we would know we have X amount of time to reach a specific section in each book. It would make it a bit easier to make plans ahead and/or get a schedule in mind for when I need to do my school work for each of my classes.

I was initially very put off by you. After watching your first videos I found your analysis of the ratemyprofessor.com reviews rather narcissistic. After speaking with you a few times and seeing your interactions with students, I no longer believe this to be the case. Maybe take it easy on the people reviewing you, they're just not as understanding as we are.

You pretty much covered it all.

I'd suggest revising some questions on the midterm exam. There were some questions covering opinions on how Herring described the war and it was very frustrating (among other questions I cannot remember). This is not only myself but another student in the class who had the same frustrations. We had spent hours studying for that test and did not get a score in which would correlate with how much we studied. Just a thought though, overall I really enjoyed the class.

keep up what you are doing.

Nothing comes to mind. 

One of my only concerns with the course was how long it took the instructor to grade the forums. At the start of week 9 in the term, only the first four weeks have been graded. For an instructor who is rather strict on due dates, I feel that forums should be graded rather swiftly to help students ensure they are doing what was required of them properly.  This was my saddest revelation this term.  The Moodle gradebook did not properly show scores form the week 7 and 8 forums, which I had scored.  No one, not a single student in the class, let me know of this problem until I read this student's evaluation in week 9.  Please, please, please talk to your instructors when you need help or something is not right.

I would suggest extending the reading between different weeks. Sometimes is piles up and becomes too overwhelming. Obviously this wouldn't be a problem for students taking fewer classes but for me at least it became hard to juggle.

feedback from the instructor on how to improve week to week would have been very beneficial.  The instructor provided zero feedback and lock each weeks forums after the Sunday deadline not allowing us to feedback after grading.  Same criticism addressed above in the forum section.

nope

I mean, I totally get that you're just trying to do your part to teach us as much as you can and help us understand the topics, however, I think the forum should only be like 5 points since you're already spending so many hours just reading/watching the material.