I walked into work yesterday and my co-worker told me how she had just signed up for 2 final courses she had been hoping to complete for the past year in order to complete her certificate. I’m not sure which bulb went off in my head, or maybe the term should be which one went on, but I had the feeling come over me that I wish I was taking another course.
Then less then half and hour later I see on my Twitter feed from George Siemens:
We (@downes and I) start CCK11 on Monday http://bit.ly/hJwXEKbiggest change-no LMS (moodle). Sign up here: http://bit.ly/fNR8KF
As soon as I saw the #CCK11 I knew exactly the course before even following the links. This would be the Connectivism course facilitated by George and Stephen Downes. I’ve looked into the course in past, but didn’t think I had the time to commit to joining the extensive “conversation “this course will create. So a little more digging and I think I’ve found what I might academically be looking for right now.
I suppose it felt like to many “signs” all appearing at once that I just couldn’t pass up the opportunity to tap into a new learning opportunity. Some of the faces in the class are ones that I have been communicating and learning from for quite some time. So that feeling of first day of school and I don’t know anyone is still there, but not nearly as bad as day 1 Grade 1.
My only challenge at the moment is getting registered. It’s amazing that this is a free MOOC (Massive Open Online Course), and I have registered online for the course. However, if I can get a credit for it from University of Manitoba I’m going to and there is the place that I’m currently having trouble registering. It’s my own fault leaving this to the last minute, but I did only find out about it yesterday.
So, here’s to an exciting new learning adventure. What a great way to start off a new year.