This week was pretty overwhelming, attempting to find resources, things, people, etc.  It finally occurred to me that one reason this is all so challenging is that I am developing a new doctoral level course I’ve never taught before AND developing an online course for the first time.  That’s a lot all at once.  And to say that I am not someone who is tech savvy is an understatement; before the OLE course, Facebook and YouTube were pretty much the only apps I’d ever used.

I also did not find that many resources despite spending a significant amount of time looking.  I’m not sure if I was doing something wrong, or if it’s just the course that I’m trying to develop, but I had a hard time finding relevant material.  I found some “videos” but they were mainly recordings of instructors giving lectures and not too inspiring or engaging.  There were a couple of cute cartoons comparing qualitative and quantitative approaches, but none of them presented the issues quite in the way I wanted to.  I tried both Feedly and Diigo to find people, but also had little success.  There were a few folks who seemed to have positions related to online teaching (which now that I think about, I DO need), but no one really offering anything related to my course.  I guess the good news is that should I ever master the art of creating quality online resources, there is a HUGE market for material on qualitative methods.  I guess we’ll see how this week’s creation assignment goes….