Research Site Progress
A meeting last week with my boss yielded a surprising “all in favor” response to asking about doing research within our job family and using resources other than me to complete it. Not that there is anything in the research that warrants a ‘no’ but I was surprised by the enthusiasm and vision of what [...]
Begin with the End in Mind
A phone conversation with my mentor a few weeks ago highlighted a problem I am having with my dissertation that is compounded by working full time (and more so in the last few months) and trying to still be present with the family; dropping the ball. My dissertation proposal has stalled in this state of [...]
Logical Fallacies
Did you know I was a Toastmaster?
I’ve been in Toastmasters for 6 years now and have gotten a lot from the experience. One of the regular pluses to being a Toastmaster is getting the magazine each month. Sometimes, like any magazine, the articles lack appeal but most of the time the articles have some value [...]
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 [...]
Evaluation vs. Testing
Instructional developers understand the notion of evaluation. Even the most basic ISD model, ADDIE, includes the evaluation phases needed in any deployment of training. As I look into the learning evaluation element of the literature review I am struck by how many people feel testing is the answer.
Student testing is a form of assessment, how [...]
Keep Reading
I got my newly revised problem statement, purpose statement, and research questions back from my mentor this weekend. I had also asked for some guidance on what elements to include in my new literature review. Year 3 residency really set me back a bit with some small changes. Think of it like turning a ship [...]
Moving Away from Work Performance
In revising my problem and purpose statement, along with fleshing out Chapter 1 of the dissertation, I got some sage words of wisdom from my mentor.
We want you to graduate
I liked the idea of measuring my dissertation to what Kirkpatrick would call the behavioral level or Level Three. However, as I know and my mentor [...]
CUR/722 Comes to an Abrupt End
Sometime overnight, the server that my classroom resided one ended its life, at least this is what tech support told me. They had hoped to rebuild the server in less time but as of Sunday afternoon things were still down. When class isn’t available on weekends things get dicey. All of a sudden, I had [...]
Revisions, revisions
I’ve spent the Summer revising and revising my literature review in hopes of getting it to the point I feel it is worth my mentor’s time to review and comment. I understand the function of the mentor is to guide and offer coaching as needed. Perhaps I should have taken her up on this function. [...]
Research Says…Millennials Desire Meaning
I’ve been laying low for a few days trying to break my Internet addiction and give my mind some rest from the last class (earned a B+, by the way). This morning I popped by the WordPress Stats page in my admin section and saw a spike in hits. What is this spike? It was [...]