Session 1: Course Introduction and Orientation.

1. Introduce yourself. Tell us who you are, what you do, why you are taking this class, what you do for fun, etc.

        My name is Carolyne Obonyo, I come from Kenya, a teacher by profession. I work on campus at the Center for International Studies and Programs. I decided to take this class to gain knowledge about eLearning. I decided to take this class to catch up with technological advances in learning industry and improve the way I have been conducting my classes. I like visiting places for fun.

2. What connections do you currently have with eLearning, what do you want to do with eLearning, why are you taking this class?

        I took an online course during Spring quarter and found it to be very interesting, informative and convenient because I could study in my own time and pace. By the time I was completing the course, I had gained a lot of information from my colleagues whom we were interacting with through the blog, via emails and some through skype.

Useful web resources were provided by the course instructor, different learning styles employed which made learning enjoyable. All these made me to be interested in eLearning and I went forward to change my program plan so that I can take eLearning courses.

I would like to use this knowledge in designing my courses to facilitate flipped classroom. I know there will be a lot of challenges but am determined to seeing it succeed.

3. Copy and paste your best post from the Blackboard discussion forum. Explain why this post is your best and explain how it demonstrates your knowledge, your process for investigating topics or has helped you identify something you need to learn more about.

This post is my best because the principles matched with what I was presenting i.e. Resume writing. Dr. Merrill has used relevant examples to explain how instruction should be facilitated. This helped me to design an online self paced instruction which helped learners to improve their resume writing skills.