Final Entry

What are 2 or 3 meaningful things you have learnt in this class?

First and foremost, I just could not believe that the semester has come to end. Time truly flies very fast.Perhaps, this would be the true and exact starter in building and developing ourselves.In fact, the experience of our first day in class is still fresh in me. I remember that I was a bit nervous as everything appeared to be new to me.Nevertheless, I was fascinated with video presentation where the hologram was shown by Dr Tee. My life began to shape as I have registered for this course.

Firstly, I came to know that distance learning has its own attributes. I always had the false conviction that what am I doing is actually distance learning. I was enlightened of that fact as the lecture took place. I have learnt a lots of interesting facts, information, technology and precious great insights on how does DE truly works. I realize that it is not an easy task as it appear to be. It covers lots of pre-planning,designing, strategy verification, analysis and evaluation. People out there may have a false believe that DE programme is THE easiet and simple project that any Tom, Dick and Harry could do. BUT, I have realised the job is not as simple as that. Thre ar lots of aspect that eed to be considered. Is the objective achievable? Doesit cater to the needs of the DE learners? How does the activities designed helps the DE learners? These are the frequent questions we asked ourselves as we design a distance learning module. Thus, I have truly gain, imbibe and learnt many profounf knowledge which could not be derived anywhere out there unless we are distance learner ourselves.

Next would definately be the experience in creating the Wiki. As I have admitted earlier that I a toddler learning to crawl in the world of Wiki, it appeared to be an entirely new experience in completing the task. However, the gradual learning process, guidance and collaboration have bloomed the victory for our Wiki. I never knew that we can create and participate in a Wiki. But, as for now, I am glad and fortunate to learnt that I can apply the knowledge gained to my students as it would definately bear a fruitful and effective learning outcome.

LAst but not least, my total learning process moulded in the completion of our website project. It was a significant experience as I am new to the field. This is my first experience in creating a module for Distance Learners. The work went through many layers of planning, analysing and designing. At first, I was not too sure of how and what should it be like. Drafts after drafts have finally rectified many of our flaws. It was truly a memorable and usful experience working in culminating this task. One useful tips that captured my attention while doing this project was the advise given by Dr Tee. " We have to think of instructional strategies and design process before venturing into the project" where it requires many versions of drafting.


What will you do with the knowledge that you have cultivated from this class?

I will definately try the gained knowledge with my students. As blogging has captured my interest, I would want to try that with my students for effective learning to take place. It would be interactive rflective ground for my students and at the same time learnt better.

Ultimately, I have truly gained a lot of great insights by taking this course. Thanks to Dr Tee for his patience in handling students like me who is still new to the field and needed thorough guidance. Thanks Dr Te for your endless advise and dediaction in moulding me into the path of higher order thinking and implant the importance to think in-depth and cultivated the ability analyse things as needed.
Lastly, I truly believe that whatever has been imparted on us will not definately go in vain. The journey begins now......