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Category Archives: Graduate Work
On Topic
I am fascinated by the Internet’s ability to expand personal learning networks and create opportunities for self-directed learning on an almost infinite number of topics. One of my original motivations for blogging was to observe the impact of blogging on … Continue reading
Coming back to work
Some important facts: The data for my dissertation have been collected. My son (pictured above) is now 5 1/2 months, takes regular naps, and sometimes sleeps through the night. My conclusions based on the above facts: I need to devote … Continue reading
Evaluating E-learning
Right now I’m supposed to be writing an article about evaluating e-learning. It is the only assignment in a seminar course on e-learning evaluation. The spring term ends on June 18th, and with barely over two weeks before my deadline … Continue reading
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Dissertation Time
Tomorrow I have a meeting with my dissertation chair. I am supposed to come to the meeting prepared with a timeline for completing my dissertation prospectus. The timeline is meant to help me manage my time as well as provide … Continue reading
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Assessing Affective Characteristics in Schools
Another book summary in partial fulfillment of my independent reading assignment for graduate school. Brief Review I was assigned to read Assessing Affective Characteristics in Schools by Lorin Anderson and Sid Bourke. I found the text to be less technical than Summated … Continue reading
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2008 American Evaluation Association Conference in Denver
Image via Wikipedia While I was at the 2008 conference of the American Evaluation Association in Denver, I came across a post by Vicki Davis suggesting that all conference attendees be required to write a reflection about their conference experience, … Continue reading
Podcasting, screencasting, and video sharing
I’m a PC user. I like spreadsheets. I dislike the Mac user interface and I’m disappointed every time Windows tries harder to imitate it; I want to see my hierarchical file structure as soon as possible, thank you very much. … Continue reading
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Some thoughts on educational uses of the annotation tools in Diigo
This week, Dr. Wiley asked us to highlight and annotate a classmate’s blog posting. I annotated several classmates’ postings: “Educational Uses of Pod and Videocasts” on LeLute’s Weblog “Learning in Dense, Distributed, Social Networks” on web technology in small doses … Continue reading
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