Its early Sunday morning the day before BYOD4L starts and I thought I'd better make a start and find out what the course was all about. I visited the website and read through the first few pages. I tried to get my head around it, it felt a lot but I could see that the central message was just get involved and trust that you will learn something useful. It looked to me as if the design was all about fostering emergence.
I saw that I was expected to set up a blog to share thoughts and reflections so being a task oriented sort of person this is what I'm doing. Then I had to decide what to put in it so here are my initial thoughts.
I forced myself to ask the question why was I doing it? As always I can come up with a multitude of reasons which is good because that means its worth doing.
First and foremost I can see it is an opportunity to be exposed to stuff that I didn't know about and to learn with people who are more knowledgeable than me or who are like me interested to find out more. In the world of technology I love discovering new tools that enable me to do things that I couldn't do before and this website is testament to the liberating power of web 2.0 tools.
I had a good example of this two weeks ago when I was introduced to explee by Chrissi and it has made a big difference to the way I present things. It fulfils a need that I have had for a long time and opens up new possibilities. So I am hoping that this will happen again during the BOYD process. Just once is enough.
I also want to see how this type of on-line community-based learning is facilitated as this is something I might try doing in future..
There is also an element of duty, of wanting to support Chrissi who has given me so much help and support in the things I am doing. More than that it's hard not to become infected with her enthusiasm and ideas.
What comes out of this may also be connected to another open learning project - creativity in development - I'm involved in..
And finally my son is also planning to get involved in the BOYD project so we can add a family dimension to our experience. I guess these are the reasons why I want to do it.
Goals? I want to discover some new tools and develop a sense of how they might be used so that I can use to better support the work of lifewide education and to have some enjoyment in the process. Beyond that I wait with anticipation to see what emerges along the way. Emergent stuff is usually far better than what is planned.
Anxieties? The message I picked up was that it's a process that can be adapted to any life so the challenge is to do this around other obligations. I am seeing it as a way of developing my own learning ecology. I suppose my main concerns are what people will think of me if I come across a bit naive and feeling overwhelmed by the volume and speed of stuff that emerges through the process.
Decisions? I guess I will just pick a topic and see what happens.
I saw that I was expected to set up a blog to share thoughts and reflections so being a task oriented sort of person this is what I'm doing. Then I had to decide what to put in it so here are my initial thoughts.
I forced myself to ask the question why was I doing it? As always I can come up with a multitude of reasons which is good because that means its worth doing.
First and foremost I can see it is an opportunity to be exposed to stuff that I didn't know about and to learn with people who are more knowledgeable than me or who are like me interested to find out more. In the world of technology I love discovering new tools that enable me to do things that I couldn't do before and this website is testament to the liberating power of web 2.0 tools.
I had a good example of this two weeks ago when I was introduced to explee by Chrissi and it has made a big difference to the way I present things. It fulfils a need that I have had for a long time and opens up new possibilities. So I am hoping that this will happen again during the BOYD process. Just once is enough.
I also want to see how this type of on-line community-based learning is facilitated as this is something I might try doing in future..
There is also an element of duty, of wanting to support Chrissi who has given me so much help and support in the things I am doing. More than that it's hard not to become infected with her enthusiasm and ideas.
What comes out of this may also be connected to another open learning project - creativity in development - I'm involved in..
And finally my son is also planning to get involved in the BOYD project so we can add a family dimension to our experience. I guess these are the reasons why I want to do it.
Goals? I want to discover some new tools and develop a sense of how they might be used so that I can use to better support the work of lifewide education and to have some enjoyment in the process. Beyond that I wait with anticipation to see what emerges along the way. Emergent stuff is usually far better than what is planned.
Anxieties? The message I picked up was that it's a process that can be adapted to any life so the challenge is to do this around other obligations. I am seeing it as a way of developing my own learning ecology. I suppose my main concerns are what people will think of me if I come across a bit naive and feeling overwhelmed by the volume and speed of stuff that emerges through the process.
Decisions? I guess I will just pick a topic and see what happens.
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