Monthly Archives: January 2010

As an instructional designer, storyboarding new courses/materials is very important. As a busy professional myself, I loathe it when someone imposes an administrative process on me that seems burdensome. So I try to get the conversation regarding the new course … Continue reading →

This week I spent a couple of days in Ottawa with the folks at the Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network (CAAN). A few years back I helped their team develop a grant proposal; back then I had an academic appointment and … Continue reading →

Just had a former student pop onto to Skype to say hello from Jamaica. She really enjoyed ETEC565A, which was nice to hear. When I told her it was 9C, pouring rain and howling winds she replied “It’s 85F and … Continue reading →

At a recent conference I attended a presentation about the beta testing of an mLearning software suite. mLearning is eLearning for mobile devices–mostly smart phones, but conceivably netbooks as well. The presenter had developed both a server and client (i.e. … Continue reading →

Almost precisely 28 days before my run I received my torchbearer uniform yesterday. To say I was a bit, you know, excited would be an understatement. If the above silly photo doesn’t scare you off, there are lots more here. … Continue reading →

My colleague Afsaneh Sharif and I wrote an article for the most recent edition of Think Equity, a publication of UBC’s Access & Diversity office . Here’s the first couple of paragraph: Have you ever received an email or an … Continue reading →

This morning an article came out about me being a torchbearer in the Oswego Alumni Association’s Lake Effect e-newsletter.  Which is very exciting, even if they picked perhaps the most unflattering photo of me in my Flickr account. You can … Continue reading →