M.Ed – Getting started

After spending a lot of time prevaricating, I have finally enrolled for an M.Ed course. I’m still a little concerned that juggling study around my full-time job will be a challenge – especially since I’m starting a new job in September. However, I’ve been successful whilst studying French at A Level and then at Level 1 (1st year undergraduate) whilst working full time, so I know I can do it. I’ve also been unsuccessful with language courses in the last two years (in the sense that I didn’t complete all of the assignments needed to pass and get the ‘points’ for a qualification – but  I still learned a lot), so I need to take lessons from that and make sure I manage my time and avoid over-committing myself.

After looking at the courses on offer from various universities, I finally selected the Open University. I like the fact that I can work largely when it suits me – clashes between evening classes and school events such as meetings, training evenings, parents evenings etc caused some of the problems with my language learning last year. I’ve studied with the OU before and was impressed with the quality of the materials and the support on offer.

My first module will be Educational Enquiry. The course materials arrived today, so I can start my studies during the summer holiday.

Whilst working through the introduction to the course, I started jotting notes on paper, but then I remembered that I have a learning (b)log – so why not use it to post my reflections, thoughts, drafts etc as I work through the course? I realise that posting my own personal musings in a public place adds to the general clutter on the t’Internet, but this blog is supposed to be a place where I reflect and learn. Of course, should anyone wish to offer any comments on whatever I’m rambling on about, I’ll be happy to hear from you.