While a relatively simple study, I feel that this is one of the more relevant things I’ve studied as an academic. I can do the flashy projects and studies, but those can only be given solid foundations by research such as this.
Online Uni Life #11: Sympathy and empathy Part 8
Knowing and experiencing It’s not that I was in denial that the struggle is real. I just didn’t go through it as badly as some. The University of the Philippines, particularly the Los Baños campus, was…
Online Uni Life #10: Sympathy and empathy (Part 7)
Chance renewed The wait only lasted one week. Lancaster University’s Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences sent me an email notifying me that my application was up for reconsideration. I just needed to make a few…
Online Uni Life #9: Sympathy and empathy (Part 6)
Taken down a notch… That time between 2009-2011 was extremely important for my professional growth and personal maturity. Perhaps a bit of that went to my head, as I started to believe I’d have little problem…
Online Uni Life #8: Sympathy and empathy (Part 5)
Note to readers:This is turning out to be much longer than I had envisioned. I initially thought this was going to be a 3-part blog. But at this rate, it can easily make it to 10…
Online Uni Life #7: Sympathy and empathy (Part 4)
Right at the beginning, I started to notice how my habits were taking shape. Hmmm… I was going to use the term study habits, but that would be me being too generous to myself.
Online Uni Life #6: Sympathy and empathy (Part 3)
While it was never my first choice, personal circumstances led me to taking up my PhD in distance mode. Time will tell whether or not this will end up being a good choice. But I would need to make the most out of it. I had thought that my experience as an online teacher would be an advantage. This made me feel secure enough to feel more relaxed coming in.
Online Uni Life #5: Sympathy and empathy (Part 2)
I was one of them. Not that I thought it was a smooth ride overall, but I think things started out nicely. Within a few years, I had built enough confidence to start teaching with a…
MMS 199: our new course where students show us what they got
The most recent revision of UPOU’s Bachelor of Arts in Multimedia Studies programme was the product of the efforts of all the faculty at the Faculty of Information and Communication Studies. The junior faculty, in particular,…
Online Uni Life #4: Sympathy and Empathy (Part 1)
I am one of them. I remember this being my mindset going into UP Open University. With the way the University of the Philippines is structured, there is a separation of faculty from the rest of…
Online Uni Life #3: My main problem as an online student
I was going over discussion forums in the recent courses I had handled. They are typically sparse at UPOU. And what posts there are usually feels stiff. What I mean by that is posts almost always…
Online Uni Life #2: The changing virtual landscape
It’s tricky for me to compare my time in the Diploma in Computer Science to that of the Bachelor of Arts in Multimedia Studies programme. The student demographic was different. I was also different. Also, while…
Online Uni Life #1: Foreword
I just realized something. I rarely write about my experiences in an online university in detail, at least not outside the context of research or course content. So, I figured that this was as good a…
The silver angel candleholder
I’ve been slowly sorting through some of the old stuff in the house, figuring out what to keep and what to dispose of. Today, I found this in one of the boxes in the storage room….
Why playing this song has meaning to me
Every now and then, I get asked what music my dad listened to or what his favorite song was. Even up until his wake, someone asked. Unfortunately, I have no straight answer for it. But it…