Brandman student forum: Overcoming fears of being chopped up in the Blended courses (blender)



Good morning, Brandman students!   It was a great pleasure to meet all of you that I've worked with prior to Psych 511, and a great pleasure to meet all of you that I've never met before.

I want to commend all of you for being so brave as to embark upon this journey of the blended courses model of instruction.  This week, I'm going to grade you strictly on participation. 

Don't worry.  Blackboard cannot hurt you.  Online blended content will not bite you, and you won't break anything by participating.  To encourage a high level of participation, I'll be grading on a curve for the first couple of weeks, giving you the benefit of the doubt for responses which may be lacking in sophistocation.  Furthermore, the first five to respond to the discussion and online assignments in Blackboard will receive a free mp3 copy of my brand new song, "A Matter of Time (Before I Lose My Mind)"  which relates to the inner turmoil one often faces in the struggle between control and affiliation.  Sometimes letting go of the need to control people and circumstances makes us feel like the main character in this song: "it's a matter of time before I lose my mind." 

A Matter of Time (Before I Lose My Mind)
(sample only)
Dr BLT
words and music by Dr. Bruce L. Thiessen, aka Dr BLT copyright 2010
Song sample

After taking care of business in blackboard, come on back, listen to the song sample as a primer to launch into a discusssion here, and then go ahead discuss your existential experience with that format.  Talk about what you liked and didn't like about your experience. 






 

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