The Path to my Masters

I have been in the business of production one way or another for a very long time. I taught the business of various forms of media production so you would think I would know better. But again, I have demonstrated to myself that everything is not as you planned. I started building this course with a different direction in mind and I actually kept somewhat close to what I originally thought. But I see things differently as I see it coming to shape in the Moodle form. I have a few more things to do to finish, and I can see this will never really be finished.

I need to give my course good closure. I want my students to come away with a feeling of success and that they have really accomplished something, which if they finish the course, they have. I want this course to be more than just academic, but to really give young adult students a sense of themselves that is honest so they can go forth into the world, whether they go to work or go on to more school, with a clear vision of where they are going and who they are. I think I have opened the door with this course for some good opportunities for self evaluation.

I have learned that I really, really enjoy this work. I could do on-line development like this if given the opportunity. I know that I am going to seek this work. Sort of surprised me to see how much I did like this Moodle format. I do and I don’t. I do not like how slow it is to move and create the finer detail things like alignment and spacing. I am usually not one for detail work, but I enjoyed making this class look good. I have a lot more to do on that. I do like all the things you can do with it and I would like to spend more time playing.

I am struggling with the grading for my course. I have much more in figuring that out. I know it is necessary, but it is not my main goal with this course.

I am also running into a stumbling block as I will not and cannot put the state mandated courses that we offer on this course. I thought originally that I would direct this course just for our company. But I think I have changed my mind and made it a course that can be offered through a post secondary school. Originally I thought his would be good for high school students, and it still is, but I found out that a local college is now offering the same idea of Direct Support course work as face to face classroom course. Again, my company could have been cutting edge, but…

The most surprising thing is that it actually is coming together and turning out pretty good, I think. I also feel that I have a good sense of community built in and I think there is strong social presence. I think I have enough self directed work that is engaging. I think that it would be neat to try this out to see if it works as designed.

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