a record of my e-learning journey…
Click here for details of the learning community that I have selected for my assignment in EMT1, including my view on a learning community, how I recognise the e-community as a learning community, why it might be of value to my experiences as a learning community, and my expectations as a participant in the community.
I started this blog on 9 March 2008 (a requirement of my part-time study in e-learning) as a total blog virgin. And here I am, 10 days later…and it’s been an amazing 10 days…it’s beyond words! I didn’t even know what a widget was prior to 9 March, or blogroll, or even the difference between a post and a page. Who’d have thought…
The annual Horizon Report seeks to “identify and describe emerging technologies likely to have a large impact on teaching, learning, or creative expression within learning-focussed organisations”. Click here or on the page of the same title to find out what key emerging technologies are identified in the 2008 Horizon Report, and the key trends that are affecting teaching and learning. I have tried to relate these to my own (learning) experiences. You are welcomed to comment on it and say how they relate to your own experiences.
I’ve recently read two articles co-authored by Seely Brown that were written almost a decade apart: the former was written in 1999 with his visions of how the Web would transform us (in particular, as knowledge producers and knowledge consumers); the latter was published early this year, with his observations and research on the status of Internet today, and how learning is taking place in the current climate. Click here or on the page of the same title for my summary and reflection. You are welcomed to comment on it.
At the start of the block-mode class recently, we were asked to come up with 3 tags to describe ourselves. It’s interesting to recall the 3 tags that I mentioned (I was the first to go, and I’m not particularly quick on my feet!), and how differently I feel now.
I said I was excited (about the course), committed (to do well), and apprehensive (about returning to study after an absence of 10 years). In hindsight, these 3 tags didn’t describe who I was; they merely described how I felt.
The excitement has been replaced by worry and more apprehension. I still want to commit myself to this, but am finding it tough to maintain an ongoing passion-based learning.
Anyway, if I could re-tag myself, I’d have said: perfectionist, pessimist, worrywart!
My name is Joseph Yeo. I am the Student Administrator at the ELSSA Centre in the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS). In a nutshell, the ELSSA Centre is a small academic unit that provides academic language and literacy skills assistance to UTS staff and students. I’m also a casual tutor with Charles Darwin University (yes, in Darwin, NT!), in a compulsory 1st year subject on academic literacies.
I’m also a part-time postgraduate student in UTS, studying for my M.A. in e-Learning. This is my first semester, and I’m enrolled in two subjects: e-Learning Experiences, Models and Theories (EMT) 1 & 2.
It’s been more than ten years since I assumed the role as a student (in the formal sense) - did my M.Litt. in Sydney Uni in 1997 - so I’m quite apprehensive about being a student again for the next two years.
I’ve created this blog to chronicle my e-learning journey, and you are invited to share in my joy and woes, tears and fears, and witness my growth in the field of e-learning.
Welcome aboard.
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