Susan and I are being tourists for the weekend in Philadelphia, after I did a keynote and couple of sessions at Montgomery County Community College on Friday. Of course we […]
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Off My Chair
I’m celebrating today, in my last day sitting on a Canada Research Chair (virtually of course!). I doubt if chairless tomorrow will be much different than today, but it is […]
What I did this summer (cont.)
A final post, recounting the story of summer ’11 with a brief account of the voyage of the sailboat Barakette. We (friends Scott, Don and I) bare-boated from Vancouver Island, Nanimo […]
What I did (am doing) this summer
I remember with unpleasant memories the task of having to write the “What I did this summer” essay in September every year of grade school. I thought I would pre-empt […]
Passing of Gary Boyd – a great scholar a
I was saddened today to learn of the passing of my friend Gary Boyd, Professor at Concordia University in Montreal. Gary exemplified scholarship in education technology and came to personalize […]
Estonia and University of Tallinn
My friend Rory McGreal and I are very fortunate to have been invited to by the Estonian E-Learning Development Centre (oh to have a funded, national e-learning group and strategy!!) to present […]
On leisure and the academic lifestyle
Maybe I’m just a work-aholic, but I had trouble engaging in total relaxation over the holidays. I did manage to read a few novels, do some skiing, visiting with friends […]
Reflections on Blogging
Glen Groulx’s question about edu-blogging are inspiring a little Labour Day reflection on my own blogging. Glenn is a prolific and quite exception scholar of educational blogging and it is […]
Driving Home from Madison
While winding our way home (2800 kms) from the Madison Distance Learning and Teaching Conference and our annual holiday at Sue’s Father’s cabin in Blind River Ontario, we had a […]
Academic Hat Trick
For those non Canadians reading this, a hat trick results in hockey (and I learn from Wikipedia, in other sports) when one scores three goals in one game. Well, the […]