Drawn in...

Well, just over a week into the course proper and I can only say I've been well and truly drawn in. I spent the weekend in Portugal reading about e-portfolios and the like. The range of opinion and information being put on the wikis and forums is huge and I'm already a bit concerned I can't find something i posted last week which I hadn't finished. Fortunately someone has commenced the wiki on e-portfolios already. So I'll look to add to it instead. So far so good. Already my boss has heard too much about e-portfolios and what they could do for the Armed Forces in general, but he'd better get used to it. Its a long course and he's paying for it, so he'll get the benefit of my new found wisdom.

H808 - Core Activity - 1.4

So here we go then, Blogging for the OU as part of a post graduate course. I'm not new to blogging, I've written one before but was using it as a research tool and after a while I understood its value and thus stopped. This time its different. The value is in what one writes and how one reflects on the passing course.

The opening gambit has successfully drawn me in and I was amazed how much time I spent last night looking through posts and reading other members thoughts and stories as part of activities 1.1. and 1.2.

However, I've already started questioning the value of this course, mainly because of what I perceive to be a heavily biased Education and in particular University Education perspective. A fellow student has also commented upon the course content being e-portfolio heavy. I rather hope not, that isn't why I started this course. Regardless, the moodle interface seems good and the amount of content / resources seems up there. I feel the learning community aspect has been created, despite never having meet my fellow students which isn't something I thought I'd be saying within days of the course. This blog is activity 1.3 but I guess forms a major component of reflective evidence of learning so I'll be back. Till then, laters.

G