Summer Workshop Overall Reflection

Sandie is expecting each of us to grow substantially as we produce our final product of a distance education tool. Being the more experienced kid on the block, she is expecting a lot more from me. I can see why but at the same time am somewhat frustrated with her heightened expectations. For one thing, she is expecting to gauge the worthiness of the product by hours spent in production. This is a valid method of measure but Sandie does not understand how I operate. Case in point, the journal. If I enter 100 journal entries, there is 100 hours right there. I have not made a journal entry yet of less than an hour, close to two for some. I can see this project going to 300 hours or more. I hope to produce something that will apply to my teaching, not just be an academic exercise. To this end I envision a website portal that will serve as a central location for finding all learning materials as well as a repository for newly created learning modules. I am working out the concept with enough detail to secure Sandie's approval.