Episode #14 – Playing Catch Up
It has been a while since my last episode. Here’s what is going on.
Classwork
Literature Review Update
“Sharpening the Saw”
The Changing Workplace and My Dissertation
Jessica Hagy at Indexed had a brillant representation of the changing workplace and the impact that has on our economy.
The index card shows a graph with a direct relationship between boomers increasing in management positions and the X’ers starting up businesses. The message here is one of generation differences and the potential ripple effects in [...]
Deja Vu All Over Again
Entering Week 5 in the Curriculum Development course and feeling like this course is a review of 2 previous courses. Well, maybe not a review but certainly a lighter recap or culmination. The primary project due at the end of the class is a curriculum development plan, which seems a little underwhelming right now.
It might [...]
Abbreviated but Complete Learning Team Charter
Class is gearing up for the 6 working weeks of the course and this week our learning team charter is due. Up to this point, I’ve been rehashing the previous versions of the charter and submitting it as the assignment. This class is different. Another member of my team, David, developed an abbreviated version of [...]
I Said What?
My literature review 3rd draft is coming into perspective on my most recent re-read. I’ve added comments throughout that all come down to “I said what?“. It would seem that this academic writing thing can lead us down the path of utter confusion and interrupted reading but the audience for academic writing is academics not [...]
Accept All, Save As…
I’ve been reading, re-reading, writing, re-writing my literature review based on the comments from my mentor and others. It has been a frustrating process bouncing between copies of my paper trying to make the right change in the right places. This is often a problem with a lot of comments (trying to track those little [...]
The Forked Road Ahead
I am about to begin the next class, CUR/721 – Curriculum Design, and still must maintain momentum with my literature review and subsequent dissertation proposal. I admit that this last few weeks have seen little in the way of focus on school work.
My schedule has seen a few speaking engagements, with the last one (for [...]
Episode #13 – Working Through the Feedback
In this episode I discuss the feedback from my literature draft submission and the changes I am making to bring this document closer to the highest quality it can become.
Millennials Are Not Alone
Discourse this week with my mentor might be changing my dissertation slightly. I’ve been laser focused on Millennials because I feel this is a big concern in the learning and performance industry. This has been supported by recent traffic and comments on the Doc Blog.
My mentor and I discussed the possibility to broaden the discussion [...]
Feedback is Back
Back from North Carolina! We took a little excursion to visit my in-laws and get some time away.
Meanwhile, my mentor’s feedback came back, as well as feedback from my step-mother, Joan. Those of you reading as carefully as these two wonderful mentors likely caught many of the same things. Here are the highlights.
Taking things for [...]