Identify one concept or topic that you learned about during the semester where the juxtaposition of the online lessons and the personal narratives (memoirs, your own experiences, your classmates’ experiences, and/or interviews) led you to a deeper understanding of the course material. For instance:
Did you understand the concept more deeply as we explored different personal narratives?
Did your understanding of the concept change as we added more narratives?
Was your understanding of the concept challenged by one or more narratives?
Through the body of your paper, describe how the combination of information sources helped you learn more deeply. Be sure to provide details from the online lessons and personal narratives to support your main points. As you think about your answer, reflect on the following:
How would you have understood the concept or topic with just the material from the online lesson, but no personal narratives? Would your understanding have been complete, or was something missing?
How would you have understood it with just one of the personal narratives? Would your understanding have been complete or would something have been missing?
How did your understanding of the topic or concept deepen or change with additional sources of information?
Which information sources most strongly influenced your understanding of the concept or topic, and why?
What did you learn that was new, different, or deeper from each information source?
Conclude by providing a more complete and complex description of the topic or concept, based on the nuances that you explored in your paper.