What I would do differently if I was doing the MIT Design & Delivery course again

You may be asking yourself what a photo of myself on a ferry in the West of Scotland has to do with what I would do differently if I was doing the MIT Design & Delivery course again?

Nothing! I'm just showing Nuddy how clever I am that I can upload a photo onto my blog. Also, of course, pictures make text more interesting.

Also, just wanted to publicise the west of Scotland. Its a beautiful place with friendly people.

Anyhow, back to the main business of what I would do differently if I was doing the MIT Design and Delivery course again.

• I would put more of the ideas I learnt into practice. Often, being a first year teacher, I was so frantic about getting the lecture material ready for the next day (often staying up until midnight to do it), that I forgot to think about what we had learnt in Design & Delivery.
• I would read the resource material more thoroughly. There is such a lot of wonderful material on eMIT, I don't want to miss out on any of it. I am going to do my best to download it all before it is made unavailable.
• I would be more assertive in asking for clarification when I didn't understand an important idea. For example, I was puzzled about what we were supposed to be doing to prepare the ePortfolio, until Nuddy came along and explained it clearly. It was a cause of anxiety that I didn't understand this. I'm not boasting, but I have gained a Post Graduate Diploma in Health Studies, so my comprehension is not too bad. One of my colleagues, who is very organised usually, was equally puzzled.