Connections within
I must admit I was struggling a little with keeping up with the course activities and determining what needs to be included in our Blog posts; however, reading through other student's Blog posts, I now feel slightly more sure of the direction. I think I keep mixing up my role as a learner and my role as a student. My understanding is that our comments "as a student", relate to our experiences in the course and our musings about the course content and readings; whereas, our comments about the learning activity we have undertaken (Mine is learning about Blackboard collaborate Ultra), should be written under the category of "as a learner". Or have I got that mixed up? What is everyone else's take on that? Feedly - a useful tool! Feedly has been quite useful for keeping track of participants' contributions; so, I think I will use this to follow blog posts and other activities. I feel like I haven't really made connections with many students in the course. Hopefully, if we have another Zoom session, we will have an opportunity to interact with the other participants in the session. Also, as participants post more blogs, there should be more opportunities to make connections. For me, one of the differences between a standard online course and a course about NGL, is that the connectedness between participants is essential. The participant most like me. I would have to say that I agree with Brigitte - we do appear to be quite similar. Brigitte and I obviously enjoy interaction with other participants, and find satisfaction and energy through this interaction. We also both work professionally in Higher education institutions performing support roles that aim to improve communication. The participant least like me. I'm going to say Melissa, mostly because Melissa is obviously skilled in music. Although I love music, I've never learnt a musical instrument. I have a reasonable singing voice (in the shower), but I am one of those people that is totally jealous of anyone who can play a musical instrument. It will be interesting to hear your thoughts about how to integrate NGL into the curriculum area of music.
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8/6/2016 10:45:01 pm
"as student" is meant to be the formal role. i.e. you're enrolled at USQ in this course as a student.
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