It is Just a Stop, But Never an End…

A Reflection on BEMM129 study

As time flies, it has brought me to the end of the semester, where the study of BEMM 129 Digital Business Models has been enclosed with a period. Honestly, I wish I wouldn’t have been writing this blog, because I’ve enjoyed studying this module so much that I wish it could never end. However, as they always say ‘all good things must come to an end’, it is time for me to reflect on how I’ve been through and what I’ve gained by studying this module.

Generally speaking, BEMM129 has employed a whole new learning experience to me, that all of the teachings with relevant materials such as slides, infographics, and videos are given online. Besides, apart from the online learning contents given by the lecturer, I’ve gained a lot of expanded knowledge via digital interactions between peers, such as reading and commenting on other’s blogs, contributing to weekly online discussions, etc. Instead of plain words, I’d like use the below comment I left to my peer, Xiyao’s blog, to briefly expound my experience of study within this innovative module, as it is how we do as a digital learner!

My peers who study in this module have various educational background, which are great treasure to me. When I read others’ works, the knowledge I gained were far beyond the weekly given topics and my own programme. For instance, When I studied the topics of ‘Sharing Economy’ and ‘Circular Economy’, I found Will’s blog was related to finance (Auditing) and new technologies (Blockchain & Cloud), which were something that fascinated me all the time. Therefore, after reading his blog, I did some personal research and I found I could expand his argument as the below comment:

This innovative way of collaborative study has not only largely expanded my knowledge derived from the module itself, but also from various disciplines through reading peers’ works. In addition, by doing research which was needed to comment and answer peers’ questions on my blogs (such as the below example of replies), my abilities of proactive research and critical thinking have also been promoted as a result.

Another example is when I studied the module topic of ‘Starting a Digital Business’, I drew upon learning from another module ‘Entrepreneurship’ to provide a negative example that we could learn a lesson, to contribute my thread participated in the discussion on ELE’s online module forum. ‘The more we share, the more we have.’ — Leonard Nimoy

An extra acquisition is that through times of interaction under the blog with my peer Will to share our ideas, we even have become close friends in real life!

At the end of this reflective blog, I’ve posted a video to briefly introduce what I could take forward from BEMM129 Digital Business Models in my future. The completion of this module study is only a stop, but my digital journey has just begun, and it will never end…