Jun 29 2006

Assignment – HOW many words!

Well 8 or 9 days to go and the usual word worries are beginning to creep in. First draft, yes I know it is late is not finished and I am on 9,287 words. Oops so already will need to prune over 3,000 words and have’nt even touched accessibility or usuability issues. Have finally realised that my ideas for what this assignment was meant to cover might be a little extravagant especially when i am going into the merits of using a LMS like Moodle rather than starting a WBLE from scratch. Still very worried about my research into George Siemens work into the so-called ‘connectivist’ pedagogy and whether the very new research and linking to weblogs and various websites will be considered adequate references.

Well beyond anything else it is a little late now I think to turn back. Still the most urgent thought going through my head is related to the ideas if todays ‘digital natives’ not multitasking but being in a state of ‘constant partial attention’. This seems the way I am while writing this assignment, as I continue to wander around the web researching for more information; found a great explanatory diagram about LMS and their position within today’s online learning from Derek Wenmoth along with the very interesting usability tool related to testing a website in over 23 different browsers at Browsershots.

Time to get back to my state of constant partial attention, and stop writing on this blog.

By drtech • Assignment, Moodle • Comments Off on Assignment – HOW many words!