This is NGL take two for me. I began this unit in 2014 at the same time as commencing a new, digitally ‘involved’ job, but soon after, began to feel drawn into the depths of cognitive overload. Now that the learning curve has plateaued and my eyes have ceased bleeding as much from staring at a screen too long it’s time to dive back in.
To be honest, I haven't strictly learned anything thus far. I've been frustrated with the amount of technology being thrown at us, not just within this course but in society generally. I feel NGL is important, but there has to be some way of determining what's important and what can simply 'jam it'. I guess I'm feeling 'Techno-Whelmed'.
I coined that term last time I attempted this course, and it holds true 12 months down the track.
Was it Bigum (2013) from the readings who mentioned that learning new technology and processes etc is messy and complicated? If so, I agree.
I acknowledge that there needs to be a learning cycle in which foreign ideas are digested before they're accepted. But that's not my issue. My concern is that if NGL isn't harnessed it will cause information overload as opposed to information retention. And a course focussing on NGL must be open to that, or the tasks, technology and expectations may drastically detract from the genuine learning, as the potential exists for students to disengage in the aim of completing the tasks, not absorbing the message......
To be honest, I haven't strictly learned anything thus far. I've been frustrated with the amount of technology being thrown at us, not just within this course but in society generally. I feel NGL is important, but there has to be some way of determining what's important and what can simply 'jam it'. I guess I'm feeling 'Techno-Whelmed'.
I coined that term last time I attempted this course, and it holds true 12 months down the track.
Was it Bigum (2013) from the readings who mentioned that learning new technology and processes etc is messy and complicated? If so, I agree.
I acknowledge that there needs to be a learning cycle in which foreign ideas are digested before they're accepted. But that's not my issue. My concern is that if NGL isn't harnessed it will cause information overload as opposed to information retention. And a course focussing on NGL must be open to that, or the tasks, technology and expectations may drastically detract from the genuine learning, as the potential exists for students to disengage in the aim of completing the tasks, not absorbing the message......
- Al