It's under way

It was landing in the role of eLearning coordinator at my school that first made me realise the potential that technology has for deep learning. Once set up a well planned digital course allows for deep engagement, differentiation, and best of all minimal effort on the part of the teacher. So of course it was only a matter of time before I sat down to convert my own teaching materials into something that all of my students could access at any time while I sit back and have a coffee... I mean... read more science journals. What I hadn't fully appreciated was the amount of work that has to go in to such a course before any benefits can be gained. There's a website to build, (free) photos to source, videos to be made and in between it all I'll be working a full teaching load and preparing for a two year stint in Shanghai. It's just now dawning on me exactly how long the whole process could end up taking before I have something of value. But they say the hardest part is getting started and at the very least I can check that box. We'll see how the rest of it goes over the next few months.