I'm back

I have been encourage enough to begin blogging again. The problem with blogging is that when you get involved in it, you want to read what everyone else is saying. I don't have time for that, if I am going to be reading anything in the next week it is going to be one of these:

• Allen, E. I., & Seaman, J. (2010). Learning on demand: Online education in the United States, 2009. Needham, MA: Sloan Consortium. Retrieved June 8, 2011, from http://www.sloanconsortium.org/publications/survey/pdf/learningondemand.pdf


• Chopra , B. (August 2005). Intent Life [Blog]. Retrieved June 9, 2011, from http://www.intentblog.com/archives/2005/08/a_five_year_pla.html


• Seaman, J. (2009). Online learning as a strategic asset. Volume II: The paradox of faculty voices. Washington, DC: Association of Public and Land-grant Universities. Retrieved June 8, 2011, from http://www.sloanconsortium.org/sites/default/files/APLU_online_strategic_asset_vol2-1.pdf


• Shattuck, J., Dubins, B., & Zilberman, D. (2011). MarylandOnline's Inter-Institutional Project to Train Higher Education Adjunct Faculty to Teach Online. International Review of Research in Open & Distance Learning, 12(2), 40-61. Retrieved from EBSCOhost.


• Smith Nash, S. (2005). Learning Objects, Learning Object Repositories,and Learning Theory: Preliminary Best Practices for Online Courses. Interdisciplinary Journal of Knowledge & Learning Objects, 1217-228. Retrieved from EBSCOhost.


• Tipple, R. (2010). Effective leadership of online adjunct faculty. Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 13(1). Retrieved June 8, 2011, from http://www.westga.edu/%7Edistance/ojdla/spring131/tipple131.html


• Varvel, V. E., Jr. (2007). Master online teacher competencies. Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 10(1). Retrieved June 8, 2011, from http://www.westga.edu/%7Edistance/ojdla/spring101/varvel101.htm.

So, if I don't comment on your blog, know that I still care about you, but for two more years, I am reading something else.