Well, now that I have taken the plunge to enroll in a course to learn how to teach online, the work begins. At my own peril, and maybe against better judgement, I am going to be honest. My main goal is to get the certificate, honestly. I am very accustomed to Haiku and have posted may resources on Haiku. I have read a great deal about online courses. I have researched them and MOOCs for a while. I have a separate, professional blog that I have lost interest in....I use Twitter for an online PLN, and I have research OERs and more. No matter what, though I know that for anyone to take me seriously, I have to get a certificate.
I do have to say that when I took the self-assessment, some things were true, but still surprising. I can learn a ton, and fast, but I'm old-school. Audio and video are not my best modes. Reading (skimming, scanning, glancing) is my preferred receptive mode. Also, the more I do online, the more I realize that I expect a class to have a time and the physical attendance to keep me focused on being there, so that will be an unplanned learning outcome of this course for me.
There ARE a couple things about online learning I would like to know more about. I am intrigued by hearing about Screencast-o-matic. Also while I was researching classes before, a friend of mine learned how to use Jing and I did not, so that would be something to pursue. The final one is VoiceThread, I guess. I like cheap, widely-used, easy to use, light applications, and I don't see VoiceThread fitting that description, but learning some facts about it might be good.
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