What lesson am I really learning

I am learning about having to plod through work just to get the credit. I now know what my students feel like when they aren't enthused, but have to do the work.

I am learning about the "management" side of DE. Do I want to do this? Maybe if I want to run a business. Probably not within an organizational context --but who knows--never say never. Although the material is dry, what I'm learning is the insitutional context, and the entrepreneurial context -- what is My vision for myself? What is my mission statement? What are my goals to carry that out? That is the "secret" chunked down.

Ask and it is answered.

I need to look for clues in the course guide. Nothing at Athabasca is ever a surprise; all they want you to do is just go deeper into an area. So what I need to do is first talk about organization

Governance, Organizational structure, staffing, process, infrastructure, marketing. I need to use theoary and fact. Then there's all that accounting stuff. I think it boils down to money in, money out. Simple, but not easy.

Financial Planning

Financial planning financial planning -- tell me oh great spirit how I can write an essay on financial planning in distance education

Understand the goal of the assignment --make sure you understand details - this guy likes details, be as clear and as specific as possible. What does it take to financial plan --is knowing precisely what you are costing, where the money is coming from, and who it will continue to keep coming. Understanding business sturctures and process. Think business less than pedagogy, take a very hardline business approach.

moving on with Assignment 2

trudge trudge. There is some value in for I am really learning the nitty gritty of how things run. The important thing is money, how much of it, how it is organized, allocated, spent, monitored and accounted for. This is really a business course, not an education course. One thing that we learned in the previous module was on vision and mission statements. So, what is my vision for myself? What is my mission. I think in my current work I am out of alignment with myself. Strangely enough or not doing my grad degree has made me realize what I really want in my life -- to write. That is why I went here in the first place. No wonder I keep getting good marks!

An A now on to Assignment 2

I got an A on Assignment 1. It was hard won. I had to struggle through my stuff around Marty, and sit and sit. I was less than thrilled with the material but I plodded and did it. I did it. I have to say, I am less than thrilled with this course, but it's a required course, and I will get through it. Don't I always. Now I have to start assignment #2