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Feb. 20th, 2008 11:19 am
Teaching and plans that spring from it
So, it's the middle of my 3rd week of teaching an online class.
I do not LOVE it. The formatting is what gets me. Without the live face time, I'm constantly in a state of self-doubt as to if my material is reaching them. After 20 days, I'm settling into not ever really knowing most of the time, but that doesn't mean I prefer this mode.
Theoretically, I teach a half day live workshop on the 1st. I only have one signed up- I need to get to 5. It's on a topic I did in the fall, so it's reasonably low stress for what it is. But if there's not enough people, I don't get paid. I like the getting paid part.
One of the off-shoots of my current class is that I've put out feelers to members of the archive community to find other solo professionals (alone in the stacks entirely or alone in the department). The isolation of solo work really does wear on you and having some option of discussion day-to-day stuff/big stuff/share observations- It's a good thing. So, some discussion group. It needs to be free and easy to use for multiple participants adding content.
My options
So- yeah. That's what I have so far. Obviously I'm interested in putting a bit of thought and logic into the structure I wish to see built. I welcome observations.
I do not LOVE it. The formatting is what gets me. Without the live face time, I'm constantly in a state of self-doubt as to if my material is reaching them. After 20 days, I'm settling into not ever really knowing most of the time, but that doesn't mean I prefer this mode.
Theoretically, I teach a half day live workshop on the 1st. I only have one signed up- I need to get to 5. It's on a topic I did in the fall, so it's reasonably low stress for what it is. But if there's not enough people, I don't get paid. I like the getting paid part.
One of the off-shoots of my current class is that I've put out feelers to members of the archive community to find other solo professionals (alone in the stacks entirely or alone in the department). The isolation of solo work really does wear on you and having some option of discussion day-to-day stuff/big stuff/share observations- It's a good thing. So, some discussion group. It needs to be free and easy to use for multiple participants adding content.
My options
So- yeah. That's what I have so far. Obviously I'm interested in putting a bit of thought and logic into the structure I wish to see built. I welcome observations.
