The symposium process offered me the social aspect of learning that I was really missing in my studies. This is my first semester in this program, and my first formal online learning. So much relies on reading and I really enjoyed the chance to ‘converse’.
I enjoyed those presentations that included video (Jo and Jeff) as these gave even more of a sense of connection.
To really participate – read, follow-up, construct sensible comments, plus lead my own presentation – took a lot of time – when I think back it too many hours across the week. I was hooked though!
The best for me was when people commented back on either my presentation or comments – that felt like dialogue to me, and I found it affirming. The worst was starting my presentation – diving in to unknown territory.
Oh – another great thing for me was gleaning many new references – that was fantastic!
Oh and another best thing – the spirit throughout was so encouraging – that was really important for me.
Adding pics took some tinkering – experimenting with image size so that the pic would fit on the screen – that took a fair bit of time – deleting posts and redoing them etc.
So whilst it was intense, I wish that my other course had a similar process – not in the same week tho’!!