Category Archives: RRU

A Hole in the LMS

Posted on 21 February 2017 by Jim

Does your LMS have a hole?  It’s not a leak.  It’s a necessary feature. In our online class at Royal Roads University this week, Learning Management Systems are under the microscope.  To the question about a favourite LMS, I’m going … Continue reading →

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Convergence

Posted on 9 August 2016 by Jim

I stepped aside from my struggles with the incredible amount of homework taking six graduate course credits in six weeks entails long enough to look at what I was learning about research.  I’ve a long way to go yet, but … Continue reading →

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Place for My Voice

Posted on 29 July 2016 by Jim

Two-weeks of face-to-face classes (residency) in my Graduate Diploma in Learning and Technology program at Royal Roads have ended.  A year of online challenges begins. One of my challenges is reading scholarly research journal articles.  The dry objectivity of academic … Continue reading →

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Terminology and Meaning II – What you’re saying is not what I’m feeling

Posted on 14 July 2016 by Jim

In my previous blog post I introduced the new-to-me culture of inquiry called phenomenology.  As I grappled with the concepts of phenomenological research, I reflected on the results and especially the limits of experiencing with my own consciousness, the lived … Continue reading →

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Terminology and Meaning – What you heard wasn’t what I was saying

Posted on 14 July 2016 by Jim

Learning new vocabulary must be part of beginning any new discipline.  It enables a way of speaking to colleagues with precision about ideas and concepts.  In my Introduction to Research course from Royal Roads University I’m finding terms that at … Continue reading →

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