Well the end is in sight and I'm looking to start the EMA. Of course when I say start I mean read, think, bookmark - as ever I'll probably write it the weekend before its due in! But off to a flying start with a mind map to give me pause for thought.
So - first thoughts. Well the idea of Open Education has long intrigued me but I never seem to finish a single MOOC, this would be a good chance to really get my head around one but have I got time? I should be finishing an Adobe Train the Trainer online course around this time which I guess is a MOOC but I haven't got past the first week yet so choosing Open Education would be a great way to do both.
Learning Design - I love learning design, or so I thought until I did the group project. Was it just group work that put me off? Or was it the depth of material required? Or that our group wasn't very large and we struggled to communicate? I need to think carefully here if I'm going to look at Learning Design.
Learning Analytics - well I hated these and never got my head round them until the 11th hour when Steve gave me a suggestion for the TMA. Not only did they click, I realised I'd used them before, came up with a business idea which I'd like to pursue (not sure I ever will though - I have a lot of ideas and little time!). I enjoyed the TMA, even the analytics in the end so its a contender.
I guess writing the post has had me narrow it down to Open Education or Learning Analytics. What a surprise - if you'd asked me at the beginning of the unit I would have said Learning Design!
Off to do some more thinking and attend a webinar on safeguarding. whoop de do.
