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John Wooden. (n.d.). BrainyQuote.com. Retrieved September 18, 2011, from BrainyQuote.com Web site: []

“Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.”

This quote is a basic life-style guide not just for learning. Many times students will become paralyzed because there is part of an assignment or concept they do not understand. When this happens, learning is stalemated because the student is not scaffolding from the known to the unknown because they are focused on the unknown. This means they have lost their footing and forward progression is stopped. This forward momentum can happen to an eLearning initiative when the focus is on what cannot be done.

Focus on the objective in eLearning, not the roadblocks. One should work with the tools they have to provide engaging learning modules. If one cannot have all the collaborative tools under one learning management system, there are other ways to make that happen. As one works within their means keeping the objective in sight, other tools seem to come to one’s attention. This is because the attitude is positive and the learning gates are open.