March 02, 2017

First Draft of Leadership Philosophy

March 2, 2017: This is an initial draft of the qualities that make a good leader. This philosophy will grow and change, and I am documenting it here so that...

February 21, 2017

ELI '17 and Learning Analytics

“Learning Analytics” was a hot topic at EDUCAUSE ELI 2017. After presenting myself and listening to other presentations about learning analytics, I’ve managed to thread together two themes. Lots of...

February 17, 2017

Multi-Rater Survey Anxiety

One of the first tasks we’ve been assigned for the Penn State Emerging Leaders program is to identify potential respondents for an activity called the “Multi-Rater Survey.” I’ve never experienced...

October 12, 2016

Learning Analytics and Using Data Responsibly

Last week, I stumbled on two media sources surrounding the ethics and responsibility of data collection that made me think a bit more in-depth about learning analytics and the data...

October 10, 2016

Misadventures in Teaching with Technology First xAPI Reports

When I first began this foray into collecting data via xAPI, I wasn’t really sure what I should target. After all, I’ve never been able to collect data at this...