I’m attending the Technology, Colleges and Community conference this week. It begins tomorrow and I’ve been looking forward to it for weeks. It’s not the first online conference I’ve had the option to attend, but it’s definitely the most comprehensive. The only downside I can find is the timezone the conference is running in. I believe it’s a result of being hosted out of Hawaii. Sessions begin at 1pm MT and run until after 9pm. Of course, I didn’t know that until I finished the registration process this afternoon; being away at my mum’s meant I missed the pre-conference sessions. I’ll be at work at my usual time tomorrow which means I’ll miss a chunk of the evening sessions while I’m driving home and working on my paper. Perhaps I’ll luck out and be able to work from home on Wednesday and Thursday. Otherwise, I’ll miss many chunks of the sessions running in the evenings.

Next up: ISSOTL. It’s being held in Edmonton this year and I’m hoping to take a few days off and register as a student if I’m not able to go as part of the contingent from the college. I was trying to get a proposal together but am still learning all the ins and outs of completing the ethics paperwork and creating an effective research instrument. I’m sure I’ll have lots of time to learn how to do all these fun things in future. Of course, I’ll need a new “idea” by then. My fearless leader (co-worker, confessor, adviser) suggests that the concept I want to explore would make an excellent research question for an Honours thesis and I should explore it in that fashion first.

In the meantime I’ll just have to keep my fingers and toes crossed. Hopefully the team’s paper will be accepted. I’d love to see it presented.

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