Week One - Introduction - 4th March

This week I spent a lot of time going over the subject outline and study guide to make sure that I know all about the assignments and their due dates. I am a bit worried about doing this subject by distance as it's the first time I've studied in this mode. This is my second time doing this subject so I want to ensure that I keep up to date.
I've already found that it is hard to keep up with everyone on the forum as some days there may be no posts and then other days there are heaps and going through them can be quite time consuming. However, it has been quite interesting to see the variety in ages, courses being studied and locations that people have talked about in their introductory posts.

I myself posted a message:
Hi just thought I'd introduce myself. My name is Jenna and I am in my final year of study in the Bachelor of Arts (Graphic Design). This is my second time doing this subject and this time I'm doing it by distance as it is my only subject left to do. 
I'm unsure of what I want to do upon completing my degree. Perhaps continue studying but in a different field? For now I am filling my time with casual work in Wagga. 
I was initially drawn to this subject by the children's books topic after briefly touching on this topic in highschool English and having worked in a preschool. This time round however, I feel I will benefit from choosing comics and graphic novels in order to make the subject a little bit different for myself and expand my knowledge in a different area. Hopefully it will interest me as much as children's books did :)

I thought that it would be a good idea to keep track of my forum postings in this learning journal.
I decide to keep my learning journal in the form of a blog as I feel that it is something I feel quite comfortable with doing having taken many subjects that have required the use of an online blog. I also feel that it would be a good way to add videos and images to my thoughts and researches. I'm hoping that I will be able to show my learning within my journal. I feel that learning by distance will make for a different experience and I may learn different to last year without having the in class discussions with the lecturer and other students. I think I will definitely take advantages of the points in the study guide that direct you when your unsure of what to put in the learning journal.

I have also already been thinking about my topic for my essay and have decided that instead of redoing the topic I did last year that I will choose a different one in order to expand my knowledge in a different topic. So this time I will be doing 'What is an artist's Book?'. I have already made many points to discuss within the essay and will begin expanding on those points very soon.

So these are my plans for the semester and hopefully studying by distance will prove to be a worthwhile experience and encourage me to keep organised and and to become an independent learner
:)