As I found out, that was a conservative estimate, but then again maybe as an older student, I'm just slower than my more nimble-minded counterparts. The one time we actually met our teacher during the first week of the winter semester, she indicated it would take about three hours a week. Oh, did I mention that everyone had to dig up a website on each aspect of Office 2007, read it, write a review and then also comment on others' discoveries? It was actually a lot of fun. Judging by the online comments of my classmates, a number of them were in the same boat. This was especially helpful when learning Excel, of which I knew absolutely nothing. The accompanying tome to this course has been very helpful, once I got into it and followed the step-by-step procedures. However, the biggest stumbling block was me getting the work done and not leaving it to the last moment. My biggest fear was technological snags and difficult course content. Both require hard work and dedication, without which there is no chance for success.įor those who wonder what I'm talking about, here is a quick recap: I'm taking my first ever online course, in other words, sailing into uncharted waters. I'm hoping for the same result, in other words a gold medal finish, for the most recent assignment and upcoming quiz.įorgive me for the skiing metaphors, but I can't help but see some parallels to learning Microsoft Office 2007 and alpine skiing. The result was I passed the quiz on Excel and aced the assignment. The good news: It didn't happen again because I made some adjustments to my learning and my attitude to the course. I know how that unfortunate Canadian Olympic downhiller skier felt after he wiped out halfway down the mountain and was tagged with a did not finish. It was a mere minute or less, but the result was a goose egg for a mark. After a month of online learning, I have some good news and some bad news.įirst the bad news: I missed sending the first lab assignments to the dropbox before the midnight deadline.

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