I went away and when I came back....

I went away, though I took a wireless netbook, thinking I'd keep up with the 1 month Moodle course while I was away but I missed the f2f session last week. [note- it was worthwhile because Amsterdam is a fantasic city].  I am considering all of this as a chance to empathise with learners;
1. I missed an important f2f session and that's my preferred style of learning.
2. I'm not a bad problem solver but finding information by trial and error means that I'm developing a bit of a 'hit and miss' system of finding and remembering processes.  I must have a more logical way to introduce Moodle to all - confident and less than confident.
3. I'm missing the familiarity of using Blackboard when I didn't have to think about anything and I knew where I was going almost all the time.  I must remember to 'translate' the functions on Bb to Moodle (when you wanted to do xxx on Bb, you did xxx.  On Moodle, this function is xxx).  I must not underestimate the frustration of learning a new system when the old one worked.  When we all moved from Microsoft Office 2003 to 2007, there were howls but there was help.

One week to go before most people return from holiday.  If you're reading this post, please send some positive thoughts my way.  It's hard to see how we're going to be ready to begin the process in a week.