Wk3 Reflections - 007 or the Saint?

This week we explored Roger and Moores' theory of innovation and takeup of high technology products. Was Q from James Bond an 'innovator' or 'early adopter'?

The investigations into Rogers’ 5 innovation adopter types unearthed some interesting findings. Whilst it was accepted that you need to be very careful about labelling people into these categories some had strong feelings about the term ‘laggards’. This negative sounding type was used to describe the ‘lazy’ attitudes some people have when not wishing to engage with new innovative ideas. Not sure accurate this term fits with others but in my own experience it does describe some people’s lack of willingness to adopt something new.

Moore’s chasm theory questioned why some innovations do not fly. Lack of preparedness, inadequate support and through life funding was just a few reasons why some innovations do not bridge the gap between ‘early adopter’ and ‘early majority’ groups.

Do I find myself in a comfort zone?

That warm comfortable feeling of being able to cope with the new learning environment H807 offers might not be a reality for some! The first three weeks of studies have stretched my free time and most definitely has exercised my thought process. The diversity of people in our group had lead to some very interesting posts but sometimes I feel a little out of my depth in giving an intelligent response; is this due to the lack of time I allocate to deep thought or am I comfortable just sitting on the surface of a topic and not delving in too deep? Guess I need to put myself in the stretch zone some times to yield better collaborative results.

Instead of stating lessons learnt this week I have identified questions I wish to answer or learn more about in the coming weeks:

1. How can I generate more interest in my forum and blog posts to receive comments?

2. How should I engage with students from other H807 tutor groups to share thoughts and get references about JISC case studies to assist with TMA01?

3. Do we get more allocated study time to work on TMA01 before the deadline ie should I have written the report by now with little collaborations from other students?

If you are reading this post wondering why I might not have commented on your blog posts it’s probably because I am still getting to grips with learning how to tap into your blog sites using Google reader. Perhaps these skills could be explored as part of the H807 course syllabus so those who do previously have these skills are more comfortable using them or am I alone here?