It's now a year since I first started this blog, and it's been an interesting one for sure. I started keeping a blog as part of an effort to get my head around the use of social media, but it's starting to feed into all of my learning processes now, especially as I make extensive use of blogging as part of an online course. So what have been the best things about keeping a blog for the past year?
Having my thoughts captured allows me to look back over the past year and how my way of thinking has changed. After a burst of short rambling posts centring on my exploration of forums, I found some interesting things to write about, which led to some unexpected highlights:
- My summary of the Learning & Skills Group and Forward Thinking conferences drew a good deal of attention from the associated communities
These were a real boost to my confidence in using social media generally, knowing that a wider audience would listen to my ideas, but towards the end of last year I did find myself burning out a little, something that gets referred to as social media fatigue. Sometimes you just want to switch off from the world. It also reflects my enthusiasm coming up sharply against the wall of reality - you can't do everything at once, and other priorities tend to get in the way. Since then I've made an effort to write about different aspects of my learning, and I've continued to keep up blog entries within the bounds of my online course too.
Where do I go from here? I think it's time to bring in a new personal angle on learning, which brings me to my next post...
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