TEC-CH Online: Day 1

Besides the fact that today is the first day of the year of the Ox (read Happy Chinese New Year), today is also the first day of a new online course at TEC-CH Online, Museums and the Social Web, taught by Jim Spadaccini. As a former full-time student (and apparently a student again), online distance learning is a completely new experience for me. 

We were given online readings, instruction videos and also an assignment to be completed by the end of the week which we need to make available online. Although the course is at loss of having a face-to-face interactions, it is great to study at one's own home at a fully personliseable pace. I found myself putting videos on pause, taking occasional breaks, having lunch, and most importantly looking up relevant material on the Internet. It feels enriching in an exploratory kind of way.