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I have just tried to participate in the webinar. I’m not sure if the technology failed, its user failed or I just got the time wrong – I came on at 10.30pm EST in Australia, expecting this would be 12.30pm in England.

Whatever happened, or was supposed to happened, I remained in the dark, unable to see anything, anyone or participate in anything… not a great start, I’m afraid.

So far, this process has been alienating and confusing. As someone who is skeptical of the benefit of the E in TEL, I’m afraid my prejudices have only been reinforced.

I’m keen to persist, but if it is really this difficult and inaccessible, then I’m not going to last much longer.

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I’m an Academic Skills Adviser at the Australian National University, so this forum looked relevant to me.

I’m feeling somewhat lost by all of this. This is my first MOOC. Having extricated myself from drowning in emails, I’m now drowning in blogs.

Perhaps most confusing for me is that I really have no idea what I’m supposed to be doing. Ollie, I read your post above, but I’m afraid I didn’t really understand its context: was it answering a question or just making an observation?

I was expecting to have some sort of reading to do, or some sense of a curriculum – or does this identify me as extremely old-school!!

At this stage all I can see is a MOSV (Massive Online Spontaneous Vomit) – is there a plan here and, if so, where might I find it?

Jack Bowers

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