The Role of the e-diary

The modules encourage you to: 

The e-diary (electronic diary) is one way of achieving this. You could use a word processor document where these personal, reflective comments are recorded. These reflections are required in the activities of the module; sometimes comments are encouraged, but optional.

You could describe your e-diary as "a container of my thoughts on this module".

Blogs are also useful online reflective tools. There are many free online blog sites such as Edublog and Blogger. Your tutor may also suggest that you use the Partners in Learning Network, the URL of which depending on which country is hosting this course.

You should be able to open the e-diary for the first time by clicking on its hyperlink. In other words you should be able to click on the word "e-diary" and it should open a file called e-diary.doc. This file is stored in the relevant folder on the CD. 

Each module has its own Content folder and its own e-diary file. 

Initially, the e-diary will open as a file in your web browser (the programme you are using to read the files on the CD). Once you have made your comments in the e-diary, use Save As to save the file in your folder on the local school network. The e-diary will save as a Word file. 

For the rest of the module, when you are asked to use your e-diary to make comments, open the saved file from your personal folder. Add your comments, and save the file in the same place with the same name.