Course Reflection
When I began this course seven weeks ago, I did so with a bit of trepidation. I am, after all, a digital immigrant, and while I am a constant consumer of technology, I am certainly not on the cutting edge of innovation. Throughout the course, I was able to gain some perspective on educational technology and the related innovations in higher education. And it wasn’t the least bit scary. At the onset of the course, I was asked what I believed was the most significant modern technological innovation in education. My answer now remains the same as it was then: the internet. As I shared in my first week in the course, t o my thinking, the internet has been the single greatest modern disruptor of higher education. And it is every part of higher education that has been disrupted. Certainly, the reach of an institution, and students’ access to it, has grown exponentially. The way teaching is done and how content is delivered has been forever altered, and is in a constant state of change...
