I am struggling with making connections in the completely submerged online class. It is hard to get involved because there is so much going on. It is difficult for me to focus on all the different discussions we have going on. However thanks Kim and Noel and their email with the clever hint of starring the thread to keep me informed. I didn't even realize that is what the gold star was for. I always want to share early on and then I forget until the day before and I feel so overwhelmed that's its impossible for me to catch up. I am hoping that by starring the discussions that are valuable to me I can stay current and pace myself but also remind myself to continually visit D2L. Hopefully with the constant reminders I can feel more involved with the discussions in the asynchronous weeks.
I also see myself struggling to be heard in the synchronous chats. I do not want to step over another person who is talking and the class is full of active participants which is great, however its difficult to be heard. I do like the text chat because it allows me to formulate a response. I like being able to think about it for a minute before responding.
I would like to see a system devised so that everyone is able to verbally participate in the discussion. A suggestion is maybe having everyone, who wants to talk, raises their hand in Adobe and Dr. Park or whoever is leading the discussion could facilitate the discussion accordingly.
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Sunday, January 15, 2012
Oh boy my first blog post ever...
January 15th
I will start out with some background information as far as my experience with online education and distance learning. I enjoy the face to face classes as much as possible so I have minimal experience with the atmosphere of distance learning. During the summer of 2011 I did take a class that I participated in half online and half in class. It was nice to be able to attend from home and save the gas money but I felt like I didn't get the whole experience through AdobeConnect.
This class will be my first asynchronous class and I do have some concerns because I feel like it will throw my schedule off and that in between this week and the following week when we meet again I will forget to do something. To help with this I have installed a homework application on my ipad to help remind me of when things are due.
I'm looking forward to learning about Digital Literacy and alternate reality learning which I think refers to virtual environments. I have experience using Second Life, not for teaching, but for recreational use. I learned about it in 2006 and slowly have watched it come into the mainstream for businesses and education.
I hope to learn a lot from this class.
I will start out with some background information as far as my experience with online education and distance learning. I enjoy the face to face classes as much as possible so I have minimal experience with the atmosphere of distance learning. During the summer of 2011 I did take a class that I participated in half online and half in class. It was nice to be able to attend from home and save the gas money but I felt like I didn't get the whole experience through AdobeConnect.
This class will be my first asynchronous class and I do have some concerns because I feel like it will throw my schedule off and that in between this week and the following week when we meet again I will forget to do something. To help with this I have installed a homework application on my ipad to help remind me of when things are due.
I'm looking forward to learning about Digital Literacy and alternate reality learning which I think refers to virtual environments. I have experience using Second Life, not for teaching, but for recreational use. I learned about it in 2006 and slowly have watched it come into the mainstream for businesses and education.
I hope to learn a lot from this class.
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