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Friday, August 16, 2013

Reflections on EDLD 5366 Web Conferences

For some reason I had a hard time remembering to log in for these web conferences. I did try to get the required 3 in but the last scheduled conference was cancelled. This course seemed to be pretty straight forward so maybe that is why I did not feel the need to attend the web conferences. Having a great group of people to work with also helped. We were able to answer each others' questions. The web conferences did allow me to see how other people were doing. I plan to attend more web conferences during my next course.

Tuesday, July 2, 2013

Reflections from EDLD 5363 web conferences

I attended 3 web conferences during EDLD 5363: Tuesday, June 4, 2013, Sunday, June 16 2013 and Saturday, June 29, 2013. I would have attended more but I communicated with Dr. Abernathy by email and telephone when I was not able to attend.

The web conferences help remove some of the isolation that I feel as a distance learner. I developed a rapport with many of the students that came to the same conferences as I did. People like Scott January and Cathey Celestine will be friends of mine for life I hope!

Dr. Abernathy was tough with the people that attended the conferences to have answers handed to them without having to search for them. I like that she didn't cave to their “whining.” It amazed me that educators were unwilling to delve into the assignments. I did not want anyone to do my work for me. There would be no learning involved. I am sure that they would insist that their students do their own work.

The conferences were helpful in putting a team together for the group project. It turned out that we had 6 people and we had to split up into 2 groups of 3. I noticed that the people that did not attend the conference where team were forming had to scramble to become a part of a group. There were several emails from people asking to be part of team. My team allowed one of the people to join our group.

All in all I feel the web conferences are good way to become acquainted with instructors and fellow students. I look forward to attending many more in my future classes.