Reflective Learning Log

8/3/2019 Reflective Learning Log

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collaborative learning tool such as sakai has influenced me as assignmentcourse materials are available on line as against the conventional way of learning in my country.

Workshop

Every day I look forward to Thursdays and see how various group hasapplied their previous knowledge and which team carries the crown. Thisprocess has motivated me as I always worked so we could be the best.

What is your take home

My take home from this course is the ability to understand innovation andto see innovation from various perspectives. Also understandinginnovation theories . However more specifically ids my ability to link

theories with theories and to see how these theories are confronted withpractise. Above all is my ability to apply knowledge gained from thecourse to various aspect work, way of life e.t.c

What theories do you learned

One of my interesting theories is the diffusion and the diffusion curve. Thisis because In all Mary and Mikes learning there has never been a timewhen the word diffusion has never been mentioned. I think the heart beatof innovation is diffusion and Roger did a good work in addressing it. I feel

without diffusion of innovation across geographical boundaries innovationmay be meaningless as Rogers explained that for an innovation to be welldiffused it needs to go through aprocess of social interaction among groupof people. I also like the theory of dominant design and incrementalinnovation for instance Mary and mike wont have gone this far to makethis course interesting if there had not been an incremental approach toteaching it.

How as the course affected you personally

Basically due to the nature of the course It has stretched me becauseeach week we needed towrite a work shop and also to present a qualitywork. My first few works were not qualitative enough but subsequently Ideveloped a new and innovative approach to learning it and this I haveapplied in other course works. Also Mary stress on the need toacknowledge superior authorities in our argument this is a very keyaspect I have learnt as I apply this theories and talk about it within anetwork of people in my country it has now become part of me as toacknowledge writers.

Do you have any empirical evidence of application of knowledge?


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Mike and Rose talked about collaboration and networking. And here shehighlighted on the need to collaborate. I have applied this knowledge atthe moment with a friend who is an IT specialist addressing a businessidea and the need to collaborate he was fascinated and he did. When I

resigned from the banking industry Im was sceptical as to what I will doafter my degree . Surprisingly as the course the fear fades away and Ibecame mpore confident. Innovation as undoubtedly remove the fear inme.; a change way of thinking. I could recall in the course the need forcollaboration and networking and networking played a special role incollaboration. I also learny about incremental innovations such as opensource, soft ware as a service. In the course of learning this new things irecalled 2 definitions that innovation is the combination of knowledge andalso innovation is a dance of two questions; whats possible what isneeded. I though t about what possible as combining my knowledge of collaborative software , opens ource and cloud computing and what isneeded ; the fact that small and medium enterprises in my country stillwork in a manual environment at yhis age of digitalisation . hence I feeltheren is a need for sensitisation in this emerging area.

Just as collaboration enable achieveing of goals I have sold this idea to myformer colleague who is an entrepreneur and he was amazed and quicklybought into the initiative. This emerging area I intend to consider when Igo back to my country. However just as in the days

How do you intend to influence lives from your knowledge and experience.

Mary and Mike have been able to convince me about the need forknowledge sharing especially with their examples of the open sourcecommunity I now strongly believe in knowledge sharing. First If thaughtstudents in the future I would encourage adoption and introduction of thecourse innovation to the school. I will also influence my boss on whatinnovation is all about because people have different views about

innovation. In my country people believ in empirical evidenceand bybringing their knowledge to various examples such as the collaborationbetween Barclays bak and lacks on watch2pay. They feel its only largeorganisation that collaborate.

What advise do you have for on coming students in this course

My take home from this course are multi dimensional . If I go downmemory lane . I remember I wondered what inniovation was all about . Myfirst cklass in the university was quite challenging.

What aspect f the course do you dislike?


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Sincerely I wished the course never ended.

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