The lesson commenced with a discussion of the reading for the week. The discussion was very interesting with many students entering into the discussion presenting their views on Watkins’ comments. Generally the class agreed with his views, especially with the statement that not all learners are suited to e-learning. The ‘Readiness Surveys’ created some healthy debate with some comments that the quoted questions were not relevant to todays’ students whilst other comments felt that the questions used were relevant for the target audience who were US Coastguard staff.

Assessment Task 3 was then discussed looking at the needs of this assessment task. It was noted that Activity 3.3 needs to be completed prior to commencing the online course. This allows each student to state what are the stated course objectives and outcomes and what were their expectations of the course. This information will be relevant when the reflection of the course is carried out.  

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