Week 3 Reflection

It has been a great week interacting with colleagues and new acquaintances at the Blackboard World conference. What an exciting group of people to hang out with to share ideas and experiences! Clay Shirky is right – we are adopting new behaviors in society which are influencing new behaviors in education as we begin to incorporate the use of Web 2.0 tools that are emerging faster than any one person can keep up with. The educational horizon in online learning looks very bright and exciting. The exposure this week to new tools and techniques of learning generated much thought about how I can incorporate these into my online classes to increase engagement and collaborative efforts to support construction of knowledge. Now, I just have to make the time to experiment with the tools and share with my colleagues at home. I’m considering some professional development when faculty returns in the fall.