Thursday, January 02, 2014

Proposed ACAITA Event Schedule

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Thursday January 16th Lunchtime Location: 1:00 - 2:30 pm Erin's Pub Agenda:  - Roles of the IT Architect - Approaches to build...
Monday, December 09, 2013

Inaugural ACAITA Google Hangout

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The community building continues. Next week we have the inaugural ACAITA Google Hangout. This will be the first of many Google Hangouts wi...
Thursday, December 05, 2013

ACAITA Next Steps

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Inaugural meeting of the ACAITA started with humble beginnings. I found myself in the Georgetown Pub all alone... Seriously, for a couple ...
Tuesday, December 03, 2013

Inaugural ACAITA meeting

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On Thursday December 5th we have the inaugural meeting for the Atlantic Canada Association of IT Architects (ACAITA). We really are at the ...
Friday, November 22, 2013

Atlantic Canada Association of IT Architects (ACAITA)

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One of the things I wanted to get involved with once I settled in Atlantic Canada was to engage with the IT Architecture community. I wante...
Tuesday, November 19, 2013

What is Big Data?

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I started my first winter book review with the book titled "Doing Data Science". I found the content very rich and to review t...
Saturday, November 16, 2013

A deliberate book review

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I'm now an autodidact , and one of the ways I learn is to review books with a deliberate practice . The steps of my approach are as fo...
Wednesday, November 13, 2013

2. Begin a creative project or concept map about the subject domain

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This where the work of learning within a new subject domain becomes increasingly fun. Begin a creative project centered around the word or c...
Tuesday, November 05, 2013

Big data, winter reading and book reviews

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Totally chuffed! I just lined up three books on big data and am looking forward to their being my winter tech reading and related book revie...
Sunday, November 03, 2013

1. Identify and commit to learning a subject domain

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Identifying and committing to learning a subject domain can begin in many ways. One way to start is with a single word or picture drawn in t...
Thursday, October 24, 2013

A call to others and my 5 professional personas

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Atlantic Canada The call: if you are interested in collaborating with the growth of the Atlantic Canada IT architecture community , plea...
Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Defense in Depth within the Enterprise

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A Technical and Solution Architecture perspective at implementing Defense in Depth within the Enterprise and Large Organizations. I'm ...
Monday, September 16, 2013

Shepparding multi-stakeholder architectural decisions

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What fun. I recently moved with my Family from an island off the west coast of Canada to as far east as you can get in North America; St. Jo...
Saturday, July 27, 2013

My curriculum models chapter proposal

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I was asked to submit a chapter proposal into a coming book focused upon " Open Learning and Formal Credentialing in Higher Education: ...
Tuesday, July 23, 2013

The Self-Determined Learner

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Most of what I do is toward deepening my abilities as a self-determined learner. I believe any adult learner can develop their own curriculu...
Tuesday, July 16, 2013

auto-delete all email

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My life has offered me an opportunity to go off the digital grid for an extended period of time; five weeks, or 36 days to be exact. On Jul...
Thursday, July 11, 2013

Assignments, Assessment and Badges

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I was asked to quickly put some video resources together to provide an overview of my work with assignments, assessment and open badges. The...
Wednesday, July 10, 2013

Agile Learner Design

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My focus on an Agile Learner Design methodology for creating and determining your own curriculum got a renewed focus over the past 18 month...
Tuesday, July 09, 2013

OnPhD: Skill and Knowledge Development

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What areas do I want, and need, to deepen my skills and knowledge in relation to my identified areas of study ? These areas fall into three ...
Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Badge System Design Reboot

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So four weeks back I kicked off the Badge System Design course within the school of badges. We had some outstanding participants and intr...