From the Editor's Computer
Ever notice how you enter a new place, or try
a new activity, and you immediately attempt to make the situation one that you
are already familiar with?
We do this all the time. We go to an unfamiliar place and if we’re
lucky there is someone familiar there who we can latch onto for dear life to
get us through. Or we make a point of doing
new tasks in a manner that is similar to how we always do things, or we only do
the parts we feel comfortable with.
In one of my courses we have a lot
of opportunity to offer feedback and discussion interaction in an online
mode. Too many of the students are stuck
on the fact that online interaction is not the same as face-to-face
interactions. By trying to make the
online environment just like an in-person interaction, they are missing out on
the unique online opportunities for learning and relating to others that we are
being offered.
This fall, try something new, go
somewhere you’ve never been before, and experience it JUST AS IT IS! You may be amazed.
Beth
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