Chickens and Eggs
As I delve into the proposal writing, I am finding numerous situations that come down to the chicken and egg argument. To determine the ful study, I need to know this thing, to know that thing I need to know another but to know the last I need to know the first. Frustrating? Kind of [...]
Leading through Learning
The March 2009 issue of Atlantic Monthly featured an article titled, “How the Crash will Reshape America” by Richard Florida, a professor at University of Toronto in Ontario, Canada. I caught the interview on NPR and the idea intrigued me to begin thinking about learning and creativity.
Florida’s primary tenet was that the economic reset the [...]
Beginning Again
I begin DOC/733 today, it is the second course with my mentor and one that I’ve been looking forward to completing for some time now. I had to delay the start due to some unexpected circumstances and bills. The purpose of the class is to prepare the proposal or Chapters 1, 2, and 3. This [...]
Podcasting and Teleconferencing
Last week I was speaking to a few people about podcasting as a form of learning intervention. My research is narrowing to look at the podcasting technology solely and this gives me the impetus to reflect on the tool in terms of learning and other aspects. I began to think about podcasting in the ways [...]
Transitioning to Performance
Many years ago I made a decision to go into training and development. I loved the idea of educating job performers at something and watching it come to fruition on the floor (so to speak). A nice side benefit is the feeling of glory and pride when people know you and come to you for [...]
Rigor
Rigor is one of those things that gets brought up a lot when talking about doctoral level programs and classes. I hear and read about the academic or scholarly rigor of a program as the mark of quality. As you can imagine there are many shots taken at University of Phoenix’s online doctoral programs as [...]
Podcast Training
As I narrow the scope of my dissertation and think about my fun podcast idea, I learned that I need to know more about the mechanics and concepts around podcasting. I had the Doc Blog Podcast and it was okay. It lacked a certain flair and most likely disobeyed a lot of podcast suggestions and [...]
Different vs. Better
I was having a conversation last weekened with my Dad, a consumate scientist, and we discussed the switch to Podcast-only for my dissertation again. During the course of the conversation I fell into the trap that often befalls people looking at science. I stated that using only one variable will help me determine if the [...]
Just Podcasts
My dissertation has taken a back seat to many more urgent matters in my life as of late but that does not mean that I have not been thinking about it. Truth be told, I’ve had a lot of time to think about what to do, how to do it, and why to do it [...]
PERRLA, My Old Friend
It comes as no surprise to UOP students that weekly papers make up much of the course content and assessment tools. It has gotten to the point where I can write about 1000-1500 words in only a few hours provided my thoughts are clear, resources handy, and tools working the right way.
When I switched to [...]