IEOR 190G social media benefit

The class assignment format is very interesting because we need to submit our assignment through blog post and YouTube video. The benefit of using online social media tools for a course is knowing how your classmate is doing. Also, I need to be self-conscious about the submitted content. Because not only the reader and the classmate but the entire Internet will be able to have access to it. The motivation to maintain certain quality really help me think more about the produced content before publishing.

The difference between using social media than the traditional learning tool is that we get the aggregated feedback from the entire class. The minute I got a positive feedback or even a constructive analysis on the post/video, I started an intellectual conversation/debate over the course topic. This attribute created the value this course intended to have. Patent is still a very current topic, that's why I think it is good to discuss over it. Because you can never be right or wrong about this topic if Federal Circuit and Supreme Court are having conflicting ruling results over and over again.

IEOR 190G class reflection

IEOR 190G has been one of the most interesting classes I've taken ever. As the course title suggested, we went over the basics of patenting business as well as examples that are happening concurrently. The course started with introduction to famous litigation between Apple and Samsung. Then, our assignments involved investigating various litigation case through credible patenting websites.

The weekly assignment is in general constructed of 2 blog posts with 2 video uploads accordingly. On top of that, we are also doing 4 comments total on the posts by other classmates. I have learned so much from doing the assignments as well as reading/watching posts from classmates. Sometimes I'll find insightful perspective that I would have never thought of.

Patent has been around for decades, and it serves as an innovation incentive for us at this technological age. What I've learned in this class will benefit me from knowing how to take full advantage of patent in the right way. Though I'd think there is a very high chance that I will never publish a patent ever in the future. It is still very beneficial to know the basics of patent.