Monthly Archives: January 2009

Deposit or delineate

Across the range of courses I’m responsible fo, a range of pedagogical approaches are used, based on the subject, the resources available to the instructor/department, and the norms of the discipline in question. In education courses, as an example, testing … Continue reading

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Swinging both ways

Years ago I dated this really kind of obnoxious fella (film industry; go figure), but he did, for some reason, offer me his old computer even after I dumped him we agreed we weren’t romantically compatible. That machine was a … Continue reading

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infrastructure

In 2006 I “had to” go to Belfast to give a paper at a conference. Since I was already there and my airfare paid by my grant, I decided to check out Europe’s explosion of cheap-and-somewhat-cheerful budget airlines. After applying … Continue reading

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iPhone lives!!!

Well, with the assistance of my colleague Novak (hvala!), my iPhone WordPress application is up and running.

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plan, man

I have learnt, through trial and error, that instructional design is as much about project planning as it is about knowing about edumacation. Sadly, this is even more true when I am “the team.” A lot of professionals have encountered … Continue reading

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au matin

I bet the new US President is pretty exhausted after what must’ve been a looooong day. Everyone I know was captivated by yesterday’s events. Some folks’ employers set up TVs so their staff could follow events live (like my husband … Continue reading

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Ken Leeeee

For anyone who somehow hasn’t ever seen this, I present a golden moment from (Bulgarian) Music Idol: “‘Ken Lee’? Don’t you mean ‘Without You’?” “No.” Classic

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