On May 17th, I successfully defended my thesis, Social Presence in the Asynchronous Online Classroom: The Asynchronous Online Video Conversation, thus becoming Dr. Time H. Barrow. It was a whirlwind tour. I flew into Lubbock on a Wednesday, having read and re-read the diss most of the travel...
Continue reading ...edits: done words: 55,555 pages: 233 chaps: 5 sent: 1:11am here's to being defensible...
Continue reading ...I'm not likely to post the whole dissertation here on the blog, since that invites far too many evil plans, deeds, and malcontent. However, here is Chapter 1, which provides a solid introduction and overview of my dissertation study. CHAPTER 1: COMMUNICATING IN THE ASYNCHRONOUS ONLINE CLASSROOM...
Continue reading ...I added a tentative dissertation completion timeline to this blog. While this is, in many ways, a rather aggressive schedule, I acknowledge that it will remain a living document up until the end in that I will continue to amend the timeline as proposed dates change...
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