Although I only write to this blog when tutoring on this particular course, I enjoy returning to it. I like the fact that I always try to find an image to go with each post in this blog, which I don't do with my other more outward facing blog (Jenny Connected: http://jennymackness.wordpress.com/)
To find this image I simply put 'back again' into Google images and up popped this wonderful piece of art work, with this equally fascinating associated text:
Point A to point B, then back again. Collect point C and then back again. Point C is an image of the space between points A and B. On returning from point B to point A you look at point C, at exactly half way between points A and B, James Ireland
This and the image resonate strongly with some research that I am doing with an online colleague to explore how we make connections with people we don't know online. What is it that sparks off the initial connection? In our discussions we have talked a lot about what we call 'beyond verbal' communication, and since we don't see each other and in fact have never met, for us this doesn't mean gestures, facial expressions etc. that we usually associate with non-verbal for face-to-face communication. I have found the discussions we have been having to be deeply reflective and so it will be interesting to work on this course at the same time as working with my online colleague.
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