I started taking courses through eLearning Delaware a couple of years ago, and then became an online course facilitator of courses for teachers. I love working with eLearning DE because you can truly complete or facilitate these courses from anywhere. And I do mean anywhere. If you have internet, you are ready to go! I’ve participated from my couch, from an internet Cafe in Bermuda (despite the outrageous per minute charges there), and even from a cruise ship with extremely spotty internet (and even higher per minute charges) in the Mediterranean. The one thing I haven’t tried is posting from my mobile phone. Now that I have my new HTC Touch Pro 2 that’s on my list of things to try with it. 

This week I started taking a course as a participant – Advanced Online Teaching Skills and Techniques. I’ve been looking forward to taking this course as a participant and I’m glad I won’t be traveling much during the course. Although it is possible to post and participate while traveling, it really can be difficult – especially when you are trying to adjust your postings for time zones. One thing that I have found to be helpful when taking online courses is to set aside a specific time each day to participate. If you tell yourself “oh, I’ll get to it” and don’t schedule it, it’s quite possible you won’t get to it. For example, this course started for me on Wednesday. Today is Friday and I just posted in the discussion board for the first time this evening. Normally, I try to post much earlier but what can I say? Wednesday and Thursday were pretty hectic days for me and I didn’t get around to posting. I didn’t schedule myself a specific time to participate. I’ve done that now and feel much better knowing I have a schedule set up.