Open learning
It is about distress. I notice that the topics within the course are new to me and this leads to distress. My initial way of dealing with new, possibly difficult, topics is yes, distress. I feel that it is kind of strange that these topics are new to me, say open learning or digital literacy for that matter. It is strange because I have been teaching for more than 10 years. But better now than never. I is about confusion. This comes from the lack of clear structure. I am used to having courses or teaching courses which have lectures and then there are learning exercises that are completed mostly independently. Now lectures are no more. But we have instead a group of people discussing on a topic. Nobody says that you should now read this article or this book. For me this is equal to confusion: from very clear rules to large freedom with a lot of choices. It is about learning. I knew not even the word 'digital literacy' before. Now, yes, I think I have a clue of its meaning. O