I am in denial that it is coming up on my first year anniversary working for the Center for Distance Education! Not to sound overly optimistic, but I *love* coming to work here. My co-workers are intelligent, amazing people and the environment is one of innovation, improvement, and genuine care for students. I feel valued [...]

We live in a youth-oriented culture here in the USA. Or at least, that’s what we’re told. I heartily agree that we live in a society saturated with youth-oriented pop-culture, but I’m starting to wonder about the rest of the baggage the phrase carries. I believe that technology, particularly public digital media, is helping narrow/bridge/alter-the-perception [...]

This is a topic I am just learning about and find quite fascinating! My personal perceptions of what distance education entails and why students would prefer it are changing as I continue to read up on the subject and talk to more students. I first remember hearing about it in high school. I was sixteen [...]

Blogging used to be so easy! I recall nights of fevered typing on my old Mac clamshell (the ones that looked like a UFO) believing that I had important things to share with the world. I partially blame my higher education for rewiring my brain to think more academically. I want to revise everything as [...]

My first three weeks as the new academic advisor at the Center for Distance Education here at UAF has been interesting and thought-provoking. I’ve had to shift gears quite a lot in moving from an assistant level position to an independent position where I’m responsible for several large projects. It’s  been a great change, and [...]

And so I renew my journey into the world of blogging! I first started blogging during college primarily on LiveJournal. I seem to have lost my attention span somewhere along the way, though, and became complacent with Facebook and Twitter. I will endeavor to refine my writing skills here and hopefully impart something interesting to [...]