MLO 6:
RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY
6.1: Students gain knowledge of appropriate research methodologies and are able to apply them in their studies.
6.2: Students use appropriate technology in research studies relative to Spanish Language and Hispanic Cultures.
6.3: Students collect, manage, and analyze current and emerging technology-based resources to develop and produce their scholarly work.
These are some classes I took that are part of this MLO:
WLC 300 - Major Pro Seminar
SPAN 300 - Pre-Capstone for Spanish Majors
WLC 400 - Capstone for Spanish Majors
The classes that we took to fulfill this MLO helped in preparing us for graduation: setting up our ePortfolio, taking the required STAMP proficiency tests, choosing the topic and writing our Capstone research papers, and more. In WLC 300, many different professors in the department took turns to present on different topics throughout the semester, such as linguistics and literature from Japanese and Spanish cultures, graduate school opportunities, and more. In our SPAN 300 course, the cores of our Capstones began to take place, as we chose topics and began research. We also learned how to properly conduct research professionally and accurately and learned of different techniques to accomplish such a task. Overall, this course was greatly helpful to my learning process. We also are required to take the WLC 400 course, our final required course to graduate. Through this class we worked on the majority of our Capstone project, which my partner and I entitled "Spanish and Arabic: Languages in Contact." We would not have been nearly as successful had it not been for our professor Carolyn Gonzalez and our advisor Rebecca Pozzi, who guided us when we needed it most.
One of the most important services I learned about in these courses is the use of Zotero, a computer program dedicated to keeping sources for research. Had it not been for the special presentation given to us by our major's research assistant in the library, Sarah Dahlen, we would simply not have been as organized as we were while writing our paper. I feel that program played a major role in keeping our thoughts organized during this process, and we would likely be lost without all these major factors and influences guiding us along.
It was thanks to these classes in this MLO that I began to truly feel this was the right path for me to take, and it will be interesting to see how these choices influence the rest of my life.
6.2: Students use appropriate technology in research studies relative to Spanish Language and Hispanic Cultures.
6.3: Students collect, manage, and analyze current and emerging technology-based resources to develop and produce their scholarly work.
These are some classes I took that are part of this MLO:
WLC 300 - Major Pro Seminar
SPAN 300 - Pre-Capstone for Spanish Majors
WLC 400 - Capstone for Spanish Majors
The classes that we took to fulfill this MLO helped in preparing us for graduation: setting up our ePortfolio, taking the required STAMP proficiency tests, choosing the topic and writing our Capstone research papers, and more. In WLC 300, many different professors in the department took turns to present on different topics throughout the semester, such as linguistics and literature from Japanese and Spanish cultures, graduate school opportunities, and more. In our SPAN 300 course, the cores of our Capstones began to take place, as we chose topics and began research. We also learned how to properly conduct research professionally and accurately and learned of different techniques to accomplish such a task. Overall, this course was greatly helpful to my learning process. We also are required to take the WLC 400 course, our final required course to graduate. Through this class we worked on the majority of our Capstone project, which my partner and I entitled "Spanish and Arabic: Languages in Contact." We would not have been nearly as successful had it not been for our professor Carolyn Gonzalez and our advisor Rebecca Pozzi, who guided us when we needed it most.
One of the most important services I learned about in these courses is the use of Zotero, a computer program dedicated to keeping sources for research. Had it not been for the special presentation given to us by our major's research assistant in the library, Sarah Dahlen, we would simply not have been as organized as we were while writing our paper. I feel that program played a major role in keeping our thoughts organized during this process, and we would likely be lost without all these major factors and influences guiding us along.
It was thanks to these classes in this MLO that I began to truly feel this was the right path for me to take, and it will be interesting to see how these choices influence the rest of my life.
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