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GNED-1132 Reflection Assignment Lukzhageni Uruthirakumar

A) Timeliness and Completeness of Class Participation

In regard to timeliness and completeness of class participation there were many aspects to

be covered and followed. I have completed all of the required course content to my full potential,

by reading and watching all of the content and not just clicking the content to open it. This is

supported by the content quizzes that were completed each week, I achieved a grade of 80% for

each quiz which I may say is not possible if I were to have just clicked the content to open it.

One thing that I may say I lacked on was the time spent completing the course content. The

expected time to complete the course material each week takes about 2 1/2-3 hours, yet I have

not taken that time each week when completing the course content. I am well below the expected

time in the course, and I have come up with ways to improve this for next time. I have noticed

that I take a look at the class content at the end of the week rather than the beginning, giving me

less time to complete the discussion board and the quizzes. This causes me to rush through the

content without reflecting appropriately after each section of the content. For the second half of

the course I will most definitely start my work for the course in the beginning of the week or

right when the content opens up. For the practise activities within the content every week, I have

completed all but the first week’s activities. This was because I had undergone a knee

reconstruction surgery the second week (September 14th) and was unable to look through any

course work. This is also why I was able to complete all the discussion board postings except for

the week 2 discussion. When it came to the discussion board, only one peer had made a comment

to my post, but it was too late for me to respond to, but this was also because I had posted later in

the posting period as well. Another one of the things I need to work on for the second half of the
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course is make my discussion posts earlier on the posting period giving me and my peers more

time to respond and have a back and forth conversation in order to create a better discussion.

B) Posting Content

My online participation used personal examples and connections as well as information

from the content we have learned in the previous weeks. I used content I learned in the course in

my posts, replies and my activities to create a more well-informed response for my peers to start

a discussion. The knowledge I learned from the content is what drove all of my responses and

questions I’ve asked my peers. I have made sure to understand the course content rather than

memorizing the content. I gained this understanding by thinking about it, evaluating it and

questioning it and used this for each of my discussion board posts. Whenever I gave a response

to a peer, I always followed the 3CQ model and asked questions that would have the peer think

and reflect on the topic. I believe that my postings would help to build an online community and

contribute to good conversations about happiness and wellbeing.

C) Self-Evaluation

When it comes to course participation, I feel like I did well on my posts. I used personal

connections and demonstrated a great comprehension of the course material. The discussions and

the course activities helped me in getting a better understanding of the course material. It gave

me an opportunity to really think about the content and reflect on it on a personal and community

level. The activities made me connect my thoughts to world thoughts and created a greater

connection with my peers creating a community. The only difficulty I had was trying to catch up

with the course material when I was on bed rest from my surgery, unable to focus or attend to the

material in time. I fell into the habit of attending to the work later on in the posting period. I
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know I can improve on my participation by attending to the course material earlier, as early as

the date the content opens. I also have learned to subscribe to the discussion posts recently, this

will help me stay connected with the discussion boards and be reminder to read and respond. I

learned that I do indeed learn better and get a better understanding when I am more hands on

with course material such as making postings and completing class activities. I have also learned

that I have room to learn and grow, I have a passion for reading and have been reading several

self-help books, but the course has taught me a lot that I didn’t learn from the books I’ve read.

The course connects to the world and uses facts and statistics which make me much more

comfortable with the material. Lastly, I learned that by participating in class well enough I will

be able to introduce the new concepts I’ve learned to my fellow peers inside and outside of class

as well. I learned that I was better able to comprehend the content through participation, it helped

us students learn from each other. Happiness is not simple to achieve, I learned that we have a

set-point which was given to us through are genetics and doesn’t change. We need to put in work

and time to achieve more enlighten (happiness). This all connects to biology as well, happiness

can start with changing our physical lifestyle, things like exercising more and developing our

Vagus Nerve, which was a new concept to me as well. When I studied happiness on my own I

learned that we can start achieving happiness by practising gratitude, being more mindful and

less judgmental. I learned about how our mind and ego play a role in being an obstacle to

achieving happiness. But this course has taught me in-depth research-based reasoning and

provided me techniques and strategies to start working on my happiness.

believe that this post is one of the best conversations I have had with a peer. Even though I didn’t

get a chance to respond back I saw a connection and a conversation being built. In this post I

was able to connect to Musleema by sharing how we are alike in the matter and asking a question

to get a deep understanding of how she feels about what that particular change can do for her

happiness. The question allowed her to open up more and give more real-life examples of how

stepping out of our comfort zones and socializing more will build a community and make not

just us happy but everyone around us happy. This shined a light for me and for Musleema,

creating a positive online community. In this conversation we both demonstrated comprehension

of course content by connecting to the topic of interconnectedness.

course content such as spending on materialistic things for happiness (taught as what our era sees

happiness as) and connected back to the learning of long-lasting memories and short-lived

memories. I feel like the connections I’ve made with the content demonstrates my

comprehension of the course content well. Also, this post incorporated many personal

connections, I drew into how I look at money and examples of where and when I need and use

money. I feel that these personal examples gave my peers an opportunity to look into their lives

and see what they’ve used their money for in terms of creating long-lasting memories. Thus,

contributing to a positive online community.

My Class Participation Grade

If I were to assign myself a grade based on the grading criteria outlined in the reflection

assignment instructions, I feel that I deserve a “B”. This is because I have completed much of the

related course content in somewhat of a timely manner and as shown on DC connect through the

quizzes I’ve completed and grades I’ve received. Also demonstrated through the content I

completed, and I have read 18 posts in hopes to get the insight of other peers. In terms, of

completing the content, activities and discussion board postings I have reached out and made the

professor aware of my situation. I did although complete the work to the best of my ability, by

participating in the discussion boards and using proficient information in the posts. I made

connections to previous and current content as well as to my real-life situations in each post I

made. I feel that I did deliver information that showed some thought, insight and analysis with

the posts above as examples. The paddle posts were sometimes completed during the week.

Overall, I feel that my online activity does indicate a fair to good comprehension of the course

material.