Monthly Archives: May 2008
Little Red Riding Hood, June 7, 2008
Once again, I will be riding the Little Red Riding Hood, women’s only ride, on June 7 in Cache Valley Utah. I rode 78 miles last year with Kayleigh. It hurt but was so much fun riding with over 1800 women struggling and enjoying as much as we did. We ate lunch together and we [...]
Enhancing Online Learning
The problem with learning management systems The problem is not actually with the learning management systems (LMS); the problem is with how LMS are used. Many instructors use LMS to manage learner files and the learners themselves. For example, LMS may only be used for downloading files, uploading assignments and submitting grades. I have been [...]
An Online Nation
Reference Allen, I. E., & Seaman, J. (2008). Online nation: Five years of growth in online learning: Babson Survey Research Group, The Sloan Consortium Article Notes Online offerings More than two thirds of Western state’s higher education institutions now have some form of online courses; most of these online offerings are fully online. “The percentage of [...]
Cycling and the Lessons it Teaches
Coping with Self Doubts and Working to Persevere Once again, I have started riding my bike for longer distances. Ray, Kayleigh, and I rode in the Salt Lake Century ride this morning. Despite having a hysterectomy 3 1/2 months ago I was able to ride 40 miles on a fairly flat terrain. Yet, it was [...]
What is Hierarchical Linear Modeling?
What is hierarchical linear modeling? Hierarchical linear modeling (HLM) is also known as “multilevel linear modeling” or “multilevel modeling.” HLM Is a complex way of doing statistics in which several levels of nested data are considered in relation to one another. In other words, HLM recognizes that several observations during research are not independent of one [...]
Teaching Fun XHTML Students
I had lots of fun today teaching some fun men about XHTML and CSS. They did a wonderful job and had good attitudes despite me having them code up a table with 7 rows and 6 columns. However, I was a bit dingy and coded my table backwards. Oops! Way to show my students how [...]
My School Adventures and My Family Coping with My School Adventures
Adventures Between Semesters This last week has been interesting because I took a one-week long statistics course in Hierarchical Linear Models. This was a 3 credit course all crammed into one week. Wow! I’m quite tired. Because this course was held between semesters, especially after spring semester, campus was quite quiet. Normally, there are nearly [...]
My 2008 Student Progress and Evaluation
Yep, the faculty gives doc students evaluations every year. I just received mine in the mail. On Target Needs More Focus Unsatisfactory Progress Course Work X Seminar Participation X Research Experiences X Teaching / Professional Experiences X Doctoral Qualifying Projects X Thesis / Dissertation [...]
icanhascheezburger.com
I haven’t mentioned it before, but the icanhascheezburger.com website is really fun. I have been there a couple of times, and I think I really should add my own kitty to this site. What do you think? Anyway, here is a really funny photo off their site that speaks to my opinion about dogs. Sorry [...]
