LRNT 521 Unit 1 – Activity 3 Virtual Symposium Critical Academic Reflective Blog Post As I reflect on this week of the virtual symposium and unit 1 of LRNT 521, I was confronted with feelings of exhilaration and apprehension. Excitement for all the novel things that I am learning and the fascinating people I am meeting. There is the spirit of potential that I felt listening to Dave Cormier’s presentation: Intentional Messiness of Online Communities. Cormier reflected “Open learning can get messy. You do get the learning all over you”(Cormier, 2017, 26:56). Diluting the last three weeks I have read papers and watched videos that inspired me. One hour of planned study turned into a day. I am trying to savour all these moments not just because doing a masters has been a dream of mine for many years but also because I know these two years will be over in a blink. Although excited, I have...