Can't get on

Can't seem to get on to it this morning. Pages have been slow to load from the intranet and the library so perhaps there's something amiss at the OU end, or even mine. Last night I had a quick go at it before leaving work. Still haunted by a sense of not knowing quite where or how to post a message to address the task we're meant to be engaged in. The one about selecting an EBI seems to have been ignored. How would you do it? I had thought of making an impassioned plea for mine. In the end Siv is the only participant who attempted it and I think the temptation would be to simply agree with the first suggestion made by anyone, in favour of a simple life. The instructions say the tutor might choose it -- so why not just let the tutor choose it period? Simpler and lets us get on to the brainstorming bit. I did this but having posted it read the instructions and am now not so sure I did the right thing. No models to compare my effort with, other than a message from Grant which said he was confused.

Usual problem about panic on other fronts not letting me concentrate on this. But I suppose that's realistic!

Will try again in a while.

First postings

Got home early in order to make it to the dinner tonight. Thought I would have time to do a bit more work (to compensate for knocking off early) so have just spent about 15 mins on ale. Message from Wilma asking for thoughts about anything confusing, but I feel so panicky about time in general right now that I'm not sure if any confusion is because I am not paying enough attention rather than the system. Seems pretty straightforward, except I've now introduced myself twice and was not sure about the etiquette of starting threads. Perhaps this could be formalised into the instruction for the EBI posting and a 'specimen' one left in there already. It was good that Grant had got there first. Seems to be some opportunity to reflect on learning as well, but again perhaps that needs to be more specifically orchestrated rather than allowed to develop spontaneously. Am getting a bit stalinist in my old age.

Enough now, time to get on with other stuff. aLE motto -- a little and often (well not that often!)

First thoughts

Great, have done the reading last night, and found the site (and bookmarked it). So now all set to go. The reading material was OK -- clear enough. I had to take a couple of goes at the sequence of workshops and what they might be for, but have decided to surrender myself to the process. Now I'm going to spend a bit of time on the ALE site.