by Clint | Jan 1, 2008 | Intercultural communication, Religion
Happy 2008! I have always admired Mohandas K. Gandhi, but that admiration and respect has been deepening as I decided to start this year by reading a book called “Words of Gandhi”. Just one of many quotes I have already enjoyed (that capture simple, yet...
by Clint | Dec 15, 2007 | Random
It is late tonight but I simply wanted to post a note of congratulations to Roman for successfully defending his dissertation today (which contributed to improving the methodology in eye tracking studies – specifically using the domain of computer programing)....
by Clint | Dec 11, 2007 | Cross-cultural perspectives, Just something cool
I just got back from one of the best road trips I think I have ever been on! At the end of some of the days I think we hurt from laughing too much. I also learned a lot! Being around so many people from different countries, one of the most interesting things for me...
by Clint | Dec 6, 2007 | Attempt at Funny, Cross-cultural perspectives
As today (December 6th) is a national holiday in Finland (celebrating 90 years of independence!), I thought it would be fun to point out one way in which I have acquired a new form of, well…I guess you could say “liberation” while living here in...
by Clint | Nov 30, 2007 | Attempt at Funny
…we saw sunlight and a bit of blue sky. My friend Antony and I were both pretty excited, as this time of year in Finland it seems to be a rare thing. I checked with some people passing by, and they confirmed that it was indeed the sun light. Antony recommended I...
by Clint | Nov 22, 2007 | Key Lessons, Key Questions
I have been involved in a lot of interest and discussion lately about 1. How can I frame good research questions in Educational Technology? and then 2. How can I match them with an appropriate methodology? There are a lot of sources you could use to answer these...
by Clint | Nov 22, 2007 | Conferences, e-learning
We had a great PhD day seminar, with about 13 participants from Finland, Estonia, Australia, UK, USA, and Spain. We want to thank Ulla Kakkonen and Eeva Turtiainen for allowing us to use the facilities at The Evangelic Folk High School of Kitee, and Ulla even teaching...
by Clint | Nov 15, 2007 | Key Questions
Today Maxim Mozgovoy, from the University of Joensuu, defended his dissertation titled “Enhancing Computer-Aided Plagiarism Detection” against his opponent Prof. Kinshuk, from Athabasca University. After responding to 18 slides-worth of pointed and...
by Clint | Nov 8, 2007 | Key Lessons
Most people already know the sad news about why the Finnish government ordered a day of nationwide mourning today. Click here to see associated press article Today I was at a house meeting where several people were talking about how to work through the grieving...
by Clint | Nov 2, 2007 | Cross-cultural perspectives, Intercultural communication, Key Questions, Religion
Today I sent an email where I raised this discussion and these questions on the ITForum Listserve. I will try to summarize the best comments I receive from them as they come, but I am also interested in anyone else’s thoughts and feelings. ___ I realize that...
