June 27, 2020

I am now in my fourth week of this course and the assignment requests my thoughts on this eLearning journey.

I am a learner learning to learn eLearning. If that sounds like it may be a lot of work then you are right. Although I will say I have learned a lot about online and eLearning and really looking forward to the upcoming research and assignments. I had a lot of fun with assignment 2 (Challenges and Opportunities of eLearning) which is posted on this blog.

I have always taught face-to-face (f2f) so eLearning and how to design an eLearning online course is really interesting to me. I have embraced social media and web-based resources in my personal life and learning/teaching. It was not too long ago when I feared all technical resources but like my daughter’s said, “If you want to know what we are doing in our lives, you have to have Facebook.” It grew from there.

My most important learning to date has been assignment 1 (Different Generations of eLearners) located on my blog. I had no idea there were such differences and I wished I knew them when bringing up my three children. I think there would have been far less yelling and temper tantrums both from them and my wife and me.

My goal as an online student is to complete the EDUC Certificate by the end of September. That is my challenge for the Summer because there are hundreds of much more enjoyable things to do during the Summer other than research, study, and essays. I will deal with this challenge by staying focused on my goal, work in chunks of time, have my assignments on a corkboard in my office, plan my days, and have fun!