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Although classes began on Wednesday, today was the first day I started working on my online class at Eastern. I wasn’t exactly sure how this class was going to go, as it is my first online class at any level. I’m a little afraid that not having a regularly-schedule class every week will make it harder to stay on top of all the assignments; hopefully I have the focus for it.

So far, it seems like there won’t be any regularly scheduled times to be online together (for lectures or chats), but just deadlines for when assignments need to be posted on the class wiki. I find wikis in general very clumsy to use, as I prefer to code in HTML, but hopefully that will be another skill I will have by the end of the semester.

I think the key for me will closely monitor the blog for the class, as that is the location where the professor posts announcements and project updates. I am subscribed to the RSS feed in about three different places to make sure I don’t miss anything. I think my interest in the class material (writing computer documentation) will keep me focused on the relevant tasks, but the first few weeks could be a tough adjustment. Not only is it my first class in almost five years, but it’s a completely different method of content delivery. Yikes!