With all of the different tools and various instructions on Blackboard, I think I was literally dizzy the first week of the Web 2.0 class. I am certain that Dr. Dennen thinks I am a complete technophobe, as she has patiently written instructions via email to me which explain in detail the various tools on Blackboard and how they differ from the Web 2.0 tools that are available for us to use. (Thank you, Dr. Dennen!) I suppose it is true that I am more comfortable with course developer tools over the actual media.
I will admit, I am getting somewhat grounded in Web 2.0 tools, however, I am sure at this point Dr. Dennen may not agree with me! :) I am still not 100% sure of how I can make these tools work in formal education or even the corporate environment, unless it is through guided research, which would still require more or less an instructor guide or job aid of some sort. I suppose the guidance could be in the form of a text message, tweet, or blog.
In an attempt to get caught up with "blogging" for the first week and having messed up so badly during Week 1 of this class, I surely hope this reflective type of blog counts as one of the required blogs, as I am blogged out for the day. I admit that it takes me a moment to catch on at times, but once I learn it, I know it for good. Reading Dr. Dennen's response to another class member's blog that working on the computer work first and then reading second will help me prioritize.
Also, although I read the participation instructions several times, I completely missed where we are not required to respond to every message in the BB Discussion (I was spending much of my time there responding.) I will admit, it feels much "cooler" writing blogs... :)
I chose to use a little humor in this blog, as I needed it after two very long days of catching up over the weekend. :)
I'm glad you're up for experimenting with the medium now, and liberated from the discussion board. Learn the form by living the form :)
ReplyDeleteAs for using these tools in a formal / corporate environment, there may not be a switch from training as we've known it to Web 2.0 training. Is there a reason to make such a shift? I don't necessarily think so, at least not in many areas. Instead, the whole PLN and learning community concepts may be creating new learning opportunities. The question is: will we value and support those opportunities?