The Digital Citizen - My Sojourn in the World of Web 2.0 by Irene Watts-Politza - 0 views
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Aug 04 2012
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Reflecting on the online course design process, I realize I have made a tremendous transition from first-time student to instructor in the space of one semester. What I have learned about myself is that I have an affinity for designing in the online environment.
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I just finished what may be my last discussion post for ETAP640. As I went through the post process, I was cognizant of each step: read your classmates’ posts; respond to something that resonates within you; teach (us) something by locating and sharing resources that support your thinking; include the thinking and experiences of classmates; offer your opinion on what you are sharing; cite your resources for the benefit of all; tag your resources logically.
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I have spent my academic life I believing that I have to ‘go it alone’, since I walked home from school alone the first day of first grade. Strangely, this course, in which I spend so much time alone, is teaching me that I don’t.
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It is not about what the instructor wants to hear, it is about hearing the student’s articulation of what is being learned that is essential to evaluating the content of a blog post.
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I so deeply enjoyed the reading and studying portion of this course … it opened a new world of theory to me, made more exciting by the historic proximity of the leading researchers in the field.
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Through trying to be “fearless” about using technology, as Alex advises, I have come to learn that confidence is something that one must exercise in all spheres of the online environment.
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It causes me to reflect on the similarities between online and physical communities, something I had not thought of before. Could it be that we really are, slowly and steadily, growing into a genuine community?
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I am a student whose understanding of connectivism and heutagogy is being developed experientially through taking this course.
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Teaching presence also involves anticipating students’ needs based on monitoring progress and being ready to find that perfect something to support the student’s learning.
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I realized that the online environment is actually a type of classroom; is that why course language includes such terms as “area”, and “room”?
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“As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend.” This is certainly true of discussion forum. We learn with and for each other: as you learn, I learn.
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So, reflection has proven its worth yet again: reflecting on my work in designing EED406 thus far is proof that research-based best practice works.
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complaints, above, I think about the layout of the course; if it’s too many clicks away or the explanations aren’t clear, students become anxious, lose interest, and possibly
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Student Reflections @wattspoi on "Heutagogy & its Implications for Evaluative Feedback" http://t.co/xiuWsCsD #lrnchat #edchat