A Point of Contact is a place for me to post various things related to my academic, professional and (sometimes) personal life. It will change considerably over time. Here is a description of the current categories:
This blog started initially as a place to discuss issues and information related to the situation in Japan. These posts, and others about my life as a Canadian living in Japan, can be found under the category Life in Japan.
The category MEd in Distance Education at Athabascaca is a collection of my school assignments as I work though my Master of Education in Distance Education at Athabasca University in Canada. These are most for myself to reflect on my past work, comment about the course content or design, and to keep my papers in one place.
The Engaging Quotes from the Past category is intended to be a series of quotations from generally older books (pre-internet, at least) that have sparked some sort of thought process in myself. They will tend to be ideas that maybe have a fresh view in today’s age. It is just my attempt to slow down a bit, steer focus away from the future and try to reflect on what is already out there, but maybe not online. A rollback, of sorts.
Distance Education is for any posts related to this subject, as it is my current field of study.
Language is for any posts related to language itself, as it is an area of interest for me and involved in my current work as a language teacher.
I prefer email for communication, but please feel free to comment, tweet or contact me any other way you like.
Glen Cochrane - glen.cochrane <at> gmail.com
