Attitudes Survey Proposal 2 Pager
Available from Google Docs: http://docs.google.com/View?id=dczd9vkv_158gb3kf8cm
Web 2.0 attitudes survey budget
The following draft budget covers human resources for conducting a survey of campus attitudes toward institutional vs informal social media systems.
IPT 682 Notes: 9-29-2009
Intermittent and digressive class notes on setting up hooks and anticipation in proposals, from David Wiley's IPT 682 course.
Qs on Attitudes Toward Institutional v. Informal Learning systems
Cross-posted from Flexknowlogy.
As I begin the pilot of our WordPress MU installation for Utah Valley University, questions naturally arise as to expected usage of the system. This led to the idea of running a short survey for students, faculty, and staff that asks if and how they would use such a community publishing platform. I then wondered if students or faculty who already had a blog would use the institutional system as a blog, whether in addition to or as a replacement for their own (even if only to meet a course requirement). This, of course, led me back to the idea of "creepy treehouses"
Questions re. solitude and learning
I take my very broad initial question ("What impact does solitude have on learning?") from my passion consideration and explore it
IPT 682 Notes: 9-15-2009
Roughly hewn, personal class notes on drilling down to one's topic of passion, from David Wiley's IPT 682 course.
“Passion” for Solitude
Recognizing that I favor a breadth of interests as much as depth, and with understanding that my "passions" are fleeting, I have occasionally sought a common thread with which I might quilt many interests or passions into my/a career path. The problem with pursuing any "passion" is that too often I experience it as spontaneous combustion
IPT 682 Notes: 9-8-2009
Loosely connected, often jumbled class notes on finding individual passion, from David Wiley's IPT 682 course.
IPT 682 Notes: 9-3-2009
Sidetracked comments sometimes resembling notes on justifying research projects, from David Wiley's IPT 682 course.
IPT 682 Notes: 9-1-2009
Spattered and disjointed personal class notes on an intro to grant writing and project management, from David Wiley's IPT 682 course.