In spite of using Moodle, Youtube, TED talks, etc in my teaching for quite a bit of time, I feel that I will be benefiting from this course a lot. It is always very useful to refresh and polish knowledge on a topic, as it leads to a deeper and better understanding of it.
In 'Getting Started', I benefited the most from 'Netiquette', the rules for communicating in the virtual world..... I believe that learning these rules should be compulsory for everyone before they are allowed to enter the virtual world. Some emails are so out of focus that you read a long email and start wondering what the message was....Or sometimes the discourse, the tone is so inappropriate....
In the 'introduction to learning technologies' module, again I read about things many of which I already use.... Can we perceive doing a conference presentation without the aid of a powerpoint where you can use images, figures, symbols, and key words to make your message clear? On the other hand, I learned things I did not know about..... I think I'll be using Teachertube and Vimeo extensively; they are already added to my favourites on my laptop.
All in all, I am happy that I decided to be a participant on this course in spite of my very busy schedule, and very hectic lifestyle.
Thank you for your reflections Nilgun. I learn something new everytime, I read the Netiquette documents. If / when you use Teachertube or Vimeo please share your feedback / ideas with us on the course. :) Good luck :)
ReplyDeleteOk, I will.
ReplyDeleteThanks Nevin.