It is about distress. I notice that the topics within the course are new to me and this leads to distress. My initial way of dealing with new, possibly difficult, topics is yes, distress. I feel that it is kind of strange that these topics are new to me, say open learning or digital literacy for that matter. It is strange because I have been teaching for more than 10 years. But better now than never. 

I is about confusion. This comes from the lack of clear structure. I am used to having courses or teaching courses which have lectures and then there are learning exercises that are completed mostly independently. Now lectures are no more. But we have instead a group of people discussing on a topic. Nobody says that you should now read this article or this book. For me this is equal to confusion: from very clear rules to large freedom with a lot of choices. 

It is about learning. I knew not even the word ‘digital literacy’ before. Now, yes, I think I have a clue of its meaning. Open learning. The scenario was better than the 1st one since now there are clear questions to be answered. However, learning new things requires time, and with all the ‘things’ I have in my daily work, meeting 3 times a week is a lot. But yes, it is about learning, and that is why it is so nice.