This is my fourth semester in the University of Colorado-Denver Information and Learning Technologies master’s program and it seem that every first week of the semester either goes fairly easy or a bit crazy. I’d have to say that the first week in INTE 5340, Digital Storytelling in the Curriculum went more in line of the latter rather than the former. This was a busy week of reading, website building and syllabus digesting. I’m sure things will smooth out over the next couple of weeks, but so far, there’s been a significant lack of communication and engagement among peers in this class. Communication and collaboration are the keys to a productive online course, but so far, the online engagement has been minimal.
Granted, it’s a short week and some students are no doubt trying to get their WordPress blogs up and running. Still, the lack of online discussion is a concern. The first chapter reading of the course textbook took so getting used to but things might get interesting as we get farther into the readings. Nonetheless, I’m still intrigued by the concept of digital storytelling and look forward to the next few weeks.