Brendan's Reflective Post

I thought weblogs were a brilliant inclusion in the course, and very relevant to the material covered in terms of virtual communities and blogging enterprises. I like the interactive nature of weblogs, and how you can comment on other people's posts. In some ways weblogs are like a utopian online tutorial discussion, it would be interesting to see an anonymous tutorial weblog where the participants don't know the identity of the other users. Even more interesting would be to hold a live tutorial discussion online through blogging software, although maybe that would begin to resemble a chat room. I found weblogs to be a very useful learning tool, though they are certainly different to lectures and tutorials!

Since the beginning of the course I have been trying to work out if I am a cyborg. On the one hand, I rely greatly on technology to go about my daily life. But on the other, I don't have any artifical components such as a pacemaker or hip replacement. Therefore, I feel that I am a pseudo-cyborg, still within the realms of humankind but also on the fringes of a world inhabited by Robocops and Mosquitors.

I thought the weblogs were the best part of the course - as far as I know it is the only unit which has weblogs in it and I found them to be quite interesting. Interacting online with class members was an enjoyable experience and the online workshops were fun - particularly the one on games!