Jan. 19
Excited to begin, and excited to read bios which is a good starting point.
Notice some of what we are doing seems as focused on instructors gathering and learning from students as vice versa. Or at least some of that going on. But that’s appropriate because we need to learn the perspective of teachers as we go. Or maybe that’s just normal paranoia. Also of interest that while there seems to be a lot of “intro” activities, and somewhat non-linear in presentation, there’s also a feel of trying out, and doing a bit of this and a bit of that, which is less intimidating than some other more controlled approach.
Instructor bios all interesting. But…What if it was video instead of pix and text? Maybe more than one pic of each instructor. Or what if it was actually a webpage designed by each instructor instead of static. What are the boundaries here, when the “subtext” is the whole world wide web? I noticed when this posted it says 11:30pm. Where in the world is this being served from? It’s actually seven hours earlier where I’m coming from…
Jan.20
This day started actually late last night. Dangers of late night posting in that who knows what one might say. Interesting questions about what the proper tone for interactions in an online learning course might be. Different online situations are different…or do they tend to end up the same becauase they are online? It’s not like anyone knows if I’m typing away naked, or sitting in front of the ocmpuer in a coat and tie. What are people comfortable with? Is that important, should one try to fit social expectations? Or just be one’s self? Or push the envelope some? Trying to do my part to create a social environment, but what happens when one of the guys makes a one of the guys type joke. The women are going to cringe, I think. How do I know if they are cringing?
How personal is it appropriate to get? Is it necessary to try a bit harder to expand personal zone to make up for lack of immediacy, and live faces?
