1.2 Reflection: Personal Learning Goal

And the survey says......your score is 208....but the range is 201...not sure how that happened!

Your Test of Online Learning Success Results

Your overall score is 208.

If your overall score is:

190 - 201: You're ready to go!
Individuals with a score in this range are more prepared for online learning than 50-75 percent of their student peers.

The results of the Online Learning Success survey were not surprising to me as I truly enjoy learning in the online environment.  As I was staring my first discussion and tried to find my notes from my previous online experience. I wanted to compare the introductions that I posted 8 years ago when I was obtaining my Master's degree to the one I posted for this course.  Thinking back on how new the online learning experience was to me as a student but the concept as a whole I realize how in what is a relatively short period of time things have changed so much.  We didn't discuss blended learning, flipped classrooms or virtual high schools.  It was truly just a new delivery model that was not different from the regular classroom in any way other than we didn't see the teacher.  He posted his lectures for us to read, we completed the same assignments as his "in person" class and read the same book. I just had the convenience of going to class in my pajamas at 4 AM after my toddler work me up.  I never did find those notes....however, I saved this intro to my Evernote so that I can use it again...or at least look back on it in the future.

My personal learning goal is to improve how I respond to discussion posts for my participants and how I create great discussion threads that will encourage insightful dialogue.  Since I deliver Professional
Learning to adults I believe that I have to think differently in my responses and question development than I would if I was creating a more traditional course.   Maybe I am over-thinking the process but I would like to see how I can improve in this area.  Part two of my goal is to be able to facilitate a LEC course with Teresa for our County Office.

I am excited about being back in the online learning world again. I forgot how much I enjoy reading about my classmates, learning what other schools are doing and also being a student again. This is also a good warm up for me in preparation for my Doctoral classes which will start the last week of August.