damir’s blog

My objectives: Why i wish to learn/do something, what is meaningful for me/for my group as part of the assignment i am responsible of?

To learn main concepts and methods of distance learning and learn to use all web based tools offered in this course. Also in my country educational system is trying to apply more e-learning because they realize all the advantages of this method. So I think that in future I’ll be able to create, organize and administrate online courses. I think it will be appreciated and privileged job. For me international teamwork and cooperation is also high motivation factor.

What resources will i need: What software tools and resources i am going to use? Resources can be people, different artifacts, materials.

PEOPLE: Members from my group one, facilitators Kai, Terje and Igor and course members from my faculty.

WEB BASED SOFTWARE RESOURCES: most of web 2.0 based technologies that are used in our course (doodle, blog, wikis, google group, i-launge, scuttle…), google gadgets, moodle etc.

DESKTOP BASED RESOURCES: Microsoft office, and Photoshop, Adobe tools, Macromedia tools if necessary.

LEARNING MATERIALS: e-book’s and resources included in course, links and web pages and forums dedicated to online learning, comments and advices from facilitators and other members.

How will i do it: What is my strategy to achieve my objectives? What is the order of my actions? How will i use different resources in my actions?

I will read materials, communicate with group and faculty members who are part of this course, ask for advices if something I won’t understand. My actions will be based on teamwork and individual work.

Evaluation criteria: How do I know that i was successful? Develop measurable criteria to evaluate your activities in respect of your objectives.

My success will be based on my activity in discussions and course design, following weekly tasks. Comments from facilitators and group members are also result of my work.

Self-reflection: Did i achieve my objectives? Use the criteria what you developed to assess how well did you work. Reflect, what worked and what did not?

Regarding on my objectives there are things that I achieved. Most important is that my knowledge of e-lerning, course design and web 2.0 offered in this course was poor before I took part in it, so my personal opinion is that current progress exists. Also I experienced new kind of (virtual) teamwork which is new and valuable experience for me, in a positive way. However there are disadvantages of distant teamwork we all experienced, but it will be lot easier in future when knowing what can i expect.