Ok, never thought this day would come, but I am actually finished the first course, PT101 - Foundations of Piano Technology in the Piano Technology Program! What an incredible amount of work it was, but totally worth it. I now know how difficult it is to create test questions, to make course content meaningful to someone who doesn't know it the way I do, to create graphics, videos and audio files. My hat goes off to people who do this all the time, course designers, teachers, multi-media file produces and graphic artists.
Each course can take thousands of hours to create, and be completed in 10 hours. However, now that I have figured out the logical organization of each course and the way it is displayed (the stuff that makes it pretty), I can now focus on strictly content for the remaining courses. Nine to be exact. It's a daunting task, but one I feel ready for.
Next up: PT102, the Tuning Theory and Practice Course. This will take me back to the days when I was ready to give up on everything, because I just couldn't grasp the content. My challenge will be to up the ante a bit, make it a bit clearer to the students enrolled in the program than it was made to me when I was learning.
Onwards and upwards, as they say. :)
