Well, as this is my introductory Blog I don't think I can say much I didn't cover in my introductory posts on the Sakai forums (which, if you're reading this, you undoubtedly have access to. Go look!). My name is Ken, I'm a fourth year student at the wonderful BrockU looking to expand his thinking and general perception of education and power dynamics.
As for course concerns, I will reiterate here what I stated on the forum:I think my biggest concern regarding this class is the nature of an online course. I've never taken one before and the whole thing just has me strangely on edge. I feel like I'm going to miss something important- the whole feel is just different than what I'm used to. With that said, though, the idea of running a blog and contributing to a wiki is something I'm optimistic about. As a future educator I looked into ADED in order to try to expand and build upon my thinking the way my normal courses did not, and the utilization of these different resources seem to be a pretty good start. The idea of examining group dynamics is something I find markedly interesting, and I'm really curious to see where the class is going to take us. Even having the introductary posts on the forums, I feel like I know people in an online class better than I know some students who I sit in a seminar room with but never legitimately interact with - its kind of remarkable.
All in all, I have a lot of optimism regarding this class. While the online aspects make me nervous, I think I'm going to really enjoy my experience.
Thanks for reading,
Cheers!
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