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Our choices when we enter the Web of Learning can be strikingly similar to being a kid in an open store. Those designing instruction should be extremely carefully as there are many risks here. For one, you might simply rely on what worked last time and the time before that and the time before that. But the open Web of Learning will have changed, and there will be more examples of what is, in fact, possible from colleagues who have shared their open ideas and success or failure stories in different learning object communities or online discussion forums. A second problem is that you might conveniently open your arms wide and grab at as many items (i.e., Web resources) as you can possibly hold. Not only will this weigh you down, but it will sidetrack you from your open goals and objectives. To make matters worse, such acts will likely overwhelm both instructors and their students. That one additional activity that was burning a hole in your pocket to try out might have been just enough to push everyone over the opening. It sure sounded fantastic when someone suggested it, but it really did not fit with your particular conference keynote, online class or module. |
