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Found Through Twitter

Posted on 5 April 2022 by Jim

The Twitter community of educators is my go-to place for finding current research along with conferences and webinars in my areas of interest. Fellow cMOOC participants and the people they follow curate a rich set of resources for self-directed professional … Continue reading →

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#Ethics21 MOOC Week Two – Applications of AI

Posted on 25 October 2021 by Jim

I enjoyed seeing Stephen work through the process. I knew he eventually succeeded because I had already viewed the page that he was still trying to create on Tuesday – weird time warp. I immediately thought of another application that I could add, but I believe I misshandled it the first time. Continue reading →

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Micro Fiction Attempt Two

Posted on 4 August 2021 by Jim

For Laura Gibbs’ #microfiction stream (AKA Critical Pedagogy and Storytelling) at Digital Pedagogy Lab 2021 (DPL), I am documenting my writing process here. This time I did concoct (is that a term writers use? – I wouldn’t know) an original … Continue reading →

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Micro Fiction Attempts

Posted on 3 August 2021 by Jim

For Laura Gibbs’ #microfiction stream (AKA Critical Pedagogy and Storytelling) at Digital Pedagogy Lab 2021 (DPL), I’ll attempt to document my writing process here. I’m thinking of trying to adapt and condense some stories I already know before making up … Continue reading →

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Convergence

Posted on 9 August 2016 by Jim

I stepped aside from my struggles with the incredible amount of homework taking six graduate course credits in six weeks entails long enough to look at what I was learning about research.  I’ve a long way to go yet, but … Continue reading →

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The Price of Open

Posted on 7 August 2016 by Jim

Early in our LRNT 502 Introduction to Research course we received an invitation to visit Academia.edu.  My first impression was not a positive one.  Faced with a login screen, I signed in with my Google account and immediately began receiving … Continue reading →

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Knowing the Author

Posted on 4 August 2016 by Jim

They asked, “How do you feel about research now?” I answered cheekily, “I’m open to offers of a cease-fire.” That was a week ago after a brilliantly executed research panel discussion at Royal Roads University.  Today I discovered that the … Continue reading →

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Place for My Voice

Posted on 29 July 2016 by Jim

Two-weeks of face-to-face classes (residency) in my Graduate Diploma in Learning and Technology program at Royal Roads have ended.  A year of online challenges begins. One of my challenges is reading scholarly research journal articles.  The dry objectivity of academic … Continue reading →

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Back to School

Posted on 11 July 2016 by Jim

I was tempted to call this “What Was I Thinking: Part II”. I’ve enrolled in grad school – well, a 1-year graduate diploma program actually. Royal Roads University has a flexible admissions policy that let me squeak into their blended … Continue reading →

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Adaptive Challenges

Posted on 10 November 2015 by Jim

I keep promising myself, “I’ll do it tomorrow. “ I suspect blogging for me must be something like dieting or giving up smoking or maybe meditating is for some people. Or like any of the  other good things we want … Continue reading →

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