Walking the e-Learning Talk

Way back in November I wrote a very brief post about why I began this course of study.  In that post, I identified two main rationale for doing this:  To expose myself to a wider range of eLearning strategies; particularly the chance to apply those skills consistently. To expose myself to more Academic theory around eLearning, and the effectiveness of it to specifically improve student achievement.  Now that I am at the end of a 32 week Professional Development experience, it is time to honestly reflect on my achievements , and leanings  resulting from the efforts I have put in. The first point to make is that the course has kept my interest pretty  consistently. I'm pretty stoked with this, as 32 weeks is a pretty big effort, by everyone involved.  What have I gained from Study?  Upon reflecting on the two aims above, I think the second has been much more successful than the first. In the first digital course particularly there were times when I struggled to see the