e-Learning Experiences Outside the Classroom …

Over the past few weeks I have been heavily emailing as the university club that I sit on the executive team for is launching next week and seeing as though everyone is very busy at this time of the year with assignments we have been collaborating online. I find this process of communication very difficult especially when we are trying to organise an event as messages are coming from all directions. There are six girls who are a part of this team and we constantly receive forwards of emails sent to our club email address (which is managed by the president and the treasurer) so my inbox has been overloaded! I prefer to have face to face meetings but it is only becoming more apparent how embedded the internet is in our lives. It is a fast communication tool however this is only the case if we check our emails so I have been vigilant and have been checking at least twice a day. Also email is a great way to get into contact with a diverse range of people. I say this as recently I have contacted the Marketing Manager of Canterbury BMW to conduct some research for an assignment I am working on and if I had to contact him by phone I think I would be more nervous and so would be unable to articulate myself well but through email I can take more time to think about what I am saying and express myself more professionally. And so there are pros and cons to email, but overall I’d have to say without it we’d be stuck waiting … waiting to communicate with our colleagues, waiting to get a response to questions, waiting for mr postman! But it’s bye bye Mr Postman …