It's over as of today. In some ways I'm happy about the end, to let the stress of deadlines and homework subside until my next course and in other ways I'm sad. I really enjoy the academic environment and online learning definitely helps me have that intellectual need met without affecting my routine too much.
The course was a great reminder what it is like to be a student in an online learning environment. It has been almost 4 years since I've been a student learning online. Now with this fresh in my mind I can concentrate on improving my own online courses by modeling some of the techniques I've learned here.
This week we discussed our reflections on blogging/journaling and it was interesting to see the feedback and discussion that came from that. It might be a good idea for the students to share their blogs and have students comment on them. I've tried to add a blogging component to my courses but it seems like my students get confused on blogging versus discussion boards and I'm thinking that some courses are going to utilizing the blog in place of the discussion board. I would be interested in seeing a successful implementation. Perhaps I'll spend some time researching it!
Anyways, I hate to end this. Our instructor has been great. Her feedback has been helpful and supportive. The final project was very good for my upcoming course development plan and has given me a good foundation in which to start from.
Oh, and exciting news this week. I was chosen to be part of our Distance Learning task force on campus and will be helping 4 others put together a 5 year plan for our Distance Learning program. I'm very excited about being a part of that and look forward to sharing my knowledge with them.
Thank you!
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