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Learning Analytics

January 24, 2012

This week I am starting the Learning Analytics and Knowledge open course.  The course is offered by the Society for …

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Project Management for Academics – An Introduction

July 18, 2011

One of the interesting things that comes with a 20 year pre-PhD career is experience in  areas that most academics …

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A framework for a coherent research platform

June 26, 2011

When I first started looking in to student and academic productivity, one of the first bloggers I stumbled upon was …

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Just because you’re done doesn’t mean that you are actually done…

June 12, 2011

I used to have this weird idea.  It suggested that after I finished my PhD I would have all the …

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Journal articles vs. Conference proposals

June 1, 2011

I’ve been debating lately whether I want to submit any more conference proposals, and more specifically whether I want to …

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Hurry up and wait…

February 6, 2011

I am now deep in to the “hurry up and wait” phase of my dissertation. At the beginning of January …

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Statistics Fail

January 17, 2011

I am spending this weekend working on the results section of my study.  I spent 2 days on the descriptive …

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10 books every graduate student should read

October 17, 2010

Regardless of what you are studying, there are a few books that can help just about any graduate student master …

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10 tips on writing productively

September 17, 2010

While I still have a long way to go, I want to share some of the things I’ve learned about …

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Academic publishing runs on its own schedule

July 4, 2010

3 years ago my chair and I presented a paper at the premier conference in our field.  We took the …

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