Transitioning Responsibilities
I’m transitioning responsibilities this week and moving into a new role at BYU-Idaho. To date, I’ve been working with the Academic Technology department here on developing a strategy for the future of what they call I-Learn. I-Learn is a conglomerate of Blackboard 8 and other learning tools like a flash media server and Adobe Connect. Most of what I’ve posted here recently has come from activities, research, or task forces that I’ve been a part of. This has been an exhilarating experience for the last 10 months and I’ve enjoyed it a great deal.
As I move away from I-Learn into my new role, I can’t help but think of this graphic from whatconsumesme.com that I ran across recently on twitter:
I’ve had to really think about what this new set of responsibilities will mean to me. I’m afraid that it lies heavily in the “Learn to say ‘no’” portion of this diagram. That’s an unfortunate place to be. The diagram, however, also shows what is needed to move from that porting into the “Hooray!” portion… I just have to adapt myself to want to do it.
Adaptation is all part of change. Those that do it well, will always find a reason to shout hooray in anything they are asked to do. That is what I hope to do with this shift. I’ve always said that I’m an opportunistic person. I create as many opportunities for myself as I can and then I pick the best.
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Kyle Mathews