Caught in the process
Let’s see how patient I really am. This time around the post will be written with one finger; other than an irritating audible feedback (I prefer haptic) it works. Rather like Morse code. Almost cathartic.
Tonight the online course required that I evaluate five peers. Limited scope. Rigid parameters. An unfair methodology. All, some or none of the above.
A downside to the world of the MOOC is the limited input from the professor. I accept the multiple choice quiz model but the peer thing is artificial. We aren’t masters of the matter and evaluating others is friendly but ineffective. This is my tenth or eleventh time around the track. I know what to expect. The access to new material is valuable. Maybe the marking is just to keep us “believing in the process”. For the record, exams and education are not symbiotic.
The iPad app has an unfamiliar editor. Outside of my comfort zone, composition is slowed. Skewed. Finally decided to log in and use the other way (not full screen). This remains a pre-vacation experiment, and the net book is easier to control, even in the car. Lacks the Wow factor of the tablet, which means that I will carry far too much gear again this year.
Now. Where are the tags? Can’t have WP without tags. And categories. And a simple way to input links and image files. Blogging goes beyond mere phrases…
At work, my count shows less than one hundred more days of cubicle presence! Be still my beating heart. No, don’t. That would make the whole retirement concept moot.
