I have learnt a considerable amount throughout this unit in the lectures, however I feel that I always managed a deeper understanding through the learning journals. I always like to critically reflect on the weekly readings however the journals allowed me a concrete way of doing it.
I particularly liked to use the readings as references to inform my discussion each week as I feel this was a more effective way of engaging with them. My biggest problem with them was that I always left them till the last minute. However I often felt like that was an advantage for this course as I was forced to re-learn about each of the respective week's topics. This actually helped me gain a better understanding and allowed the information to stick a little better in my mind.
I really enjoyed writing about recent events in the area of information organisation through the reflections as it gave me an idea of the things I could be dealing with in my future career. Also discussing the changes to old systems actually helped me to understand the new systems better and realise their advantages. In particular I think learning about the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative in this way helped me immensely in the final assignment.
The focus on user experience has been incredibly valuable to me in my personal life as well. I feel like I have a much greater understanding of just what it is about a system that I am finding to be difficult to use for example. It has also given more patience with some systems as I have a much better understanding of how hard it is to make something user friendly.
Overall I have learned a great deal in this course; all of which I think is important in my future career as much of the content was about what will happen in the future due the rapid changes in technology that has affected the entire Library and Information Science industry.
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