{"id":228,"date":"2018-04-19T10:06:29","date_gmt":"2018-04-19T17:06:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0057\/?p=228"},"modified":"2018-06-13T17:13:18","modified_gmt":"2018-06-14T00:13:18","slug":"symposium-fragments-02","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0057\/symposium-fragments-02\/","title":{"rendered":"Symposium Reflection Fragments 02"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MALAT thesis topic: Gadgets and Grades: Perceived Influences of Computing Devices on Achievement in Online Distance Learning by Andrew Prince<\/p>\n<p>Watching Andrew Prince&#8217;s thesis topic and process presentation made me think about the beauty of the primary research. It was a breeze listening to his laid-back, humorous but serious presentational style. Highly recommend watching the recording, it is very informative.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>I was equally terrified by the process and amazed by his thoughts. He made it sound easy, while I am aware, and he also highly emphasized it that writing a thesis is neither easy nor fast, but every minute worth it for him.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-232 size-full lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0057\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2018\/04\/opinion1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1003\" height=\"321\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0057\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2018\/04\/opinion1.jpg 1003w, https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0057\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2018\/04\/opinion1-300x96.jpg 300w, https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0057\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/99\/2018\/04\/opinion1-768x246.jpg 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1003px) 100vw, 1003px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1003px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1003\/321;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Few thoughts from Andrew:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><em>Read, read, read and read more\u2026 <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><em>You need to support your argument equals no one cares what you think &#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><em>&#8230; now you can write your own conclusions based on your research, and suddenly everyone will care what you think \u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I can\u2019t wait to read Andrew&#8217;s thesis.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>All illustrations are created by the author.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">References<\/p>\n<p>Prince, A. (2018, April).\u00a0<em>Gadgets and Grades: Perceived Influences of Computing Devices on Achievement in Online Distance Learning.<\/em>\u00a0Thesis paper presented in the Virtual Symposium of the 2018 MALAT Program at Royal Roads University, Victoria, BC, Canada.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watching Andrew Prince&#8217;s thesis topic and process presentation made me think about the beauty of the primary research. 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