End of Day 1

Well I have read some of the articles and managed to give a comment on one of them so perhaps not doing so badly. Some of my previous course managed to kick on from the depths which makes me think I should probably go back and reread some of it.


I know there was quite a lot of useful info on online communities particularly communities of practice. Still seem to be quite a lot of people missing from the group but heh its still day one.
Why do people assume that working online and creating an online community should be easy and necessarily comfortable? It probably is if you are an eight year old but not necessarily if you are older.

Want to get as much as I can out of this course so will try to put as much time into it as I can and pursue some of the additional links. Isnt it strange how well intended comments when written down appear very condescending! Wonder what the answer to this is..................

Landed

Well if you are reading this then I have managed to create my blog. My intention is to use this to record my learning during the course with Ultralab.

I have managed to work my way through three articles in Unit 1 and during this time I remembered the verbal illustration that Kevin used during our face to face unit. His son works with multiple information channels open simultaneously. When I studied for school exams I always worked in complete silence as I was unable to work any other way.

Today I was accessing the articles online with the portable tv on, digital radio channelled through the computer. Maybe the greater the exposure to technology the more we adapt to the interfaces available. Sarah Greenfield a neuroscientist suggests in her research " Tomorrows People" that our neural pathways adapt and that technology fundamentally changes the way our brains are wired!

When I get a bit more adventurous with this blog I will add photos but they are not something I like much so it may take time. Anyway back to the reading.................