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I was pretty overwhelmed the first time i logged in to the student section of the open university website. There was so much to take in, and such a wealth of information, i just didn’t know what to make of it all. After a brief moment of ‘Panic!’, i took a deep breathe and looked a little more closely at the StudentHome front page.

The StudentHome recommended i read through ‘New to OU Study’, so i decided to take some time out to read over everything so i could orientate myself to the OU and to work out what to expect.

Was definitely the right course of action. I felt so much better after reading over everything. I was able to find my way to my email in-box, and subsequently managed to find the M150 course forums. I felt much calmer after introducing myself.

I then managed to find the ‘Courses’ section of the StudentHome, and realized that my course materials had been dispatched. I expected them to be sent 3 weeks before my course start date, but didn’t realize that we had already reached 3 weeks before. Dam! The time had flown by.

I’m looking forward to my course materials arriving, so i can sort out all of the papers and file the items in to some form of order. I actually am looking forward to reading over the material!

I think I’ll relax a little more when the details of my tutor arrive. Knowing when the course tutorials will be will also help.

I really didn’t think I’d be as excited as i am. The course is going to give me something to work towards, something to focus my time, give me direction, something i’ve not had in a very, very long time.

I’m not yet sure if I’m going to make the blog entries public, or private, but am hoping to be able to track my progress, so i can look back and be able to work out how i coped at the different stages of the course.

Mood: Excited
Stage in course: Waiting for the course to start.