The beauty of fall is everywhere. I don’t remember the colors being as beautiful last year, as they are this year. I have enjoyed the sunny days and lack of rain, especially today. The murky dark days of winter loom just beyond the horizon, as I look toward the ocean. The image was taken from Microsoft Online and only the birch trees are missing in Washington country scenes.
I have not had much contact with my team and it is keeping me from moving forward with the curriculum design. The team is very busy with their courses and students so it is understandably. Right not I am dead in the water, so to speak. I am getting anxious because I only have so many weeks to finish the project. The design my chair person wants is more of a web enhanced hybrid course. She really loves to teach in the classroom; and I think moving beyond this type of hybrid is not what she wants to do. Since her students don’t want to pay the new parking fees that started this fall, she is trying. I give her A for effort!
I am meeting with my mentor on Monday. I did not meet with either Charlene or Robin last week and my work is on hold until I know what direction Charlene wants to go in and if she has accepted my proposals. I am hoping she will accept all of the suggestions. Since only one hour is online work, it remains to be seen how much she will want the students to do online. I am holding my breath.
I now know I can teach online. I know I can design a course. There are so many changes taking place at work at BC, I don’t know if I will ever be given that opportunity. Part of our enrollment department has now been moved to the advising department and a few people were laid off. We are now a part of the advising department and working in the Welcome Center. I wonder if they are thinking about laying me off. My desire is to teach and hopefully they see I can do both. I know they (BC) has said they would not hire me, since I do not have classroom teaching experience. Does this mean my job in advising will soon be over? I can only hope that is not the case. My life is on hold for the moment. I do not know what direction they will move, except forward and onward!.
In the past every holiday…either my husband or I were laid off and without a job. Thanksgiving is quickly approaching and I wonder if we will have the money to buy a turkey. I dread the thought of Christmas. This is usually the worst season for us. Every day off means we do not get paid. The bills keep coming; but the money stops. We usually try to give money to others at this time of year. I am wondering if I will have any for anyone. As always I have to depend on a higher power and the BC management.
This post is short. I really am hoping I will get through all of the designing. I did go to a session on Elluminate/Collaborate for Instructure Canvas and decided I like my Bb Vista site better. I did not like the look and feel of Instructure Canvas and the level of difficulty was amazing. In Bb Vista I can change a few things to make the site look more inviting. In fact, I am beginning to think Bb Vista at BC is still a head and shoulders above anything on the market. Each LMS has a few features; but none of the applications so far are easy and user friendly. The new applications do have a few more Web 2.0 features. I cannot understand why they are so difficult to use. Come guys…give me something I can really get behind and promote! I found the following blog and these are my thoughts to a “T.” I hope you have a chance to read the blog.
I am including a video of a LMS that I hope to check out this week. I need to figure out what it has to offer.
JOYSTECHTOOL 
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