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My introduction to the e Learning subject raised many questions in my mind about my expertise with this medium. The initial experiences exposed me to a multitude of other functions that I had never envisaged or experienced either at my workplace or privately. The overload of information did create anxiety for me. A big step in engaging with e-l earning is overcoming the fear of computerised/digital technology (Thompson & Lamshed 2006, p.28).

"I think I looked like this in the beginning".

The personal learning environment that our lecturer Ann asked us to complete opened up many avenues of learning for me. I had exposure to new concepts and ideas. I have also been fortunate to work with other students, some with little exposure to new concepts and others with a lot of experience in the electronic medium.

The image below is a Wordle of my personal learning environment at the beginning of the subject. It contains many new terms that I did not understand. As the e Learning subject has progressed there has been opportunities for me to learn what many of these terms meant. Many other terms and words have been added to my knowledge base during the course.



Wikispaces

What is Wikispaces? Well, now I am presenting this portfolio on just such a program so, I have learned a little about Wiki. The Wiki site has given me the opportunity to relate my story of e Learning while learning about a new electronic presentation program. Wikispaces is a manageable program and I enjoyed compiling this portfolio. My only negative comment is that this free version did not do all the things it was supposed to do. The directions for setting out a preferential page list was quite clear but I had to add alphabetical a) to d) to position the pages where I wanted them.