Is anybody out there?

the internetThis course was difficult for me because I felt very alone and isolated. Even though we comment on each other’s blogs, it felt impersonal and didn’t really lead to any discussion. And because I felt very alone, it became more and more difficult to hold myself accountable to actually doing my work on time and doing it to the best of my ability. I think it could be a really great tool to learn about places all over the world and share the common experience of immersion, but I don’t think I made it as meaningful as I was hoping. In the end, I’m not much of a technological person and the social barriers of internet communication really do affect my ability to interact. Blogging is probably not for me.
I think in the future, it would help those students who have my problem if there was more teacher/student interaction regarding assignments timeliness and quality. I still don’t know if what I’ve been writing is of the appropriate length, formality, clarity, etc. It would have helped me to hear that someone was out there reading and guiding me. Also, I think some form of discussion board could encourage more student interaction. In addition to commenting on blogs, if there was an on going discussion we could have more back and forth and dialoguing about our experiences.