In section 2 of TMA02 I will be reflecting on the following points:
Planning & preparation of TMA02
Linking themes from block 1
Choice of Interviewee
Selection of Interview method
Questions used
Answers received
Writing of TMA02 including feedback from TMA01
I have structured the interview questions around some key themes and discussions from block 1, namely;
I'm particularly interested from a management viewpoint if Innovation is prominent and supported - is it therefore encouraged, measure, rewarded. Or is it less formal and occurs due to necessity and/or individual innovators.
Well it seems everything is happening at the moment, but I'm proud to say I am up-to-date having just posted my core activity for Unit 9.
The forums are quiet at the moment so I'm guessing most our focussing on their ECA, for me though I felt I had to get up to speed first before I can throw myself into it. I have read the instructions several times and the next step is to plan my approach, for some perverse reason I'm quite looking forward to getting stuck into it!
I feel I am just getting a handle on this course, the activites, the online environment, the facilites [wiki, blog, forums etc] study times and now the course is near it's end. Well at least this change in my behaviour and performance is a clear indication of some of the learning objectives I have achieved.
I have also dipped into the ECA forum, but find the questionning and suggesting is somewhat confusing the matter for me. I will come back to them though.
In the new year I got the good news of my result from TMA02 where I got 67%. As mentioned previously I struggled to base this assignment on activites in my work environment i.e. elearning, in which I am not involved. So I am happy with my mark. I got similar feedback on my academic style. I feel I write well and use approriate referencing, but it seems my arguments superseed my referencing, and I need to make the link between argument and reference clearer.
Onwards and upwards from here!
Hi All
I hope everybody had a nice holiday period. Today is the first day I've turned my attention towards OU after having a busy period leading up to Christmas. I'm looking forward to this activity in Unit 8 as its very practical.
I have felt the need to get blogging for awhile, especially during TMA02 as I feel the need to express the challenges being faced.
The major challenge for me was the unique e-learning setting in which I operate, I work in a traditional training environment where small enroads [sp?] into e & blended learning have been made. There is though a major push in this area coming on stream in 09, I used this as the focus of my assignment - in reality 10,000 words would still have not covered it. This new initiative is being run accross many units in my organisation accross the whole country, unfortunately I am only knowledgeable about my own unit in my own location.
The result maybe that the topic is over-simplified on behalf of the reader - I still think I introduced some major challenges that will be faced by my org. and the f-back from management has been of some considerable interest in my thoughts.
So that's a real result for me and has also alerted them to my interest in this project.
My current conundrum is that there are areas of the course I have missed or not fully contributed due to requirements of work or TMAs. Do I go back to these or focus on keeping up to speed on next Units? The answer will probably lie somewhere in the centre i.e. if I find myself with time I'll have a list of to do's ready for my attention.
Unit8 beckons, I love the practical stuff on this course as it has an immediate impact on my learners - I have already introduced wiki's googledoc's to the course.
Hope all well
K
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