About my course

Some of you may know that I am now studying with the Open University, a university dedicated to distance learning. I am currently on the Web applications: design, development and management course. I hope to study and complete other courses required to gain a Certifcate in Web Applications Development. My course started a couple of days ago.

The current course is going well so far. Most of the topics covered I have knowledge of and find that I am progressing through the study guides quickly. I hope that in future courses there will be more of a challenge, though this course is great for getting me back into the habit of studying. I will feel like I have achieved so much more than going to college if I gain the qualification. The reason why is in order to do a distance learning course, a person needs to have extra dedication and self-discipline. With this being a distance learning course, I will need much more motivation than when I went to college. There is no lecturer to give me lessons or badger me to get my assignments in. I need to do this for myself. There are support forums and a weekly seminar based on a certain topic, but most of the hard work needs to come from the student - me. I am enjoying studying so far and hope to continue enjoying it, regardless.

It is an odd feeling being a student again. Last time I was a student was back in 2004. I studied an AVCE (Advanced GNVQ) in ICT, which was okay but not exactly enjoyable. I hope to be more successful as a student this time around. I had a hard time the last year of college due to personal problems and didn’t get the best grade I could have achieved. Now I am settled and in a better state of mind, I feel I will do better. I also think I will be more successful this time around because the subject matter is more to my liking - web design.

I will be sure to let you all know of my progress through this blog. I hope that I won’t bore you with my ramblings about studying, but it is an important part of my life right now.