Book Project is Back on Track!

The Spring semester is quickly coming to a close and in-between getting my final exams ready (among a deluge of other things) I actually carved out some time this weekend to work on my book project. Yes…that book project I was so excited about a few months ago. As usual it stalled due to the [...]

Thoughts on Teaching Art Appreciation and History

I’ve been teaching art appreciation and art history for over twenty years and I must admit I never get tired of the material. Art has so much incredible emotional and intellectual depth to it – the desire to communicate is an integral part of the human condition since those first prehistoric people began expressing themselves [...]

Digital Photography Workshop – After Thoughts

I presented another Digital Photography Workshop in Jacksonville NC yesterday. This time I gave a more advanced presentation to a small group of local photographers. It was a nice surprise to see one of my former Photography graduates Dean Remington show up for my talk. He sure has come a long way with his photography. [...]

Thoughts on the Future of Teaching / Learning

I am at the Distance Learning Alliance Conference in New Bern North Carolina. As I sit through the keynotes and various presentations I’m realizing its mind boggling where education is has been going just in the past few years. To think where online instruction was ten years ago and the phenomenal strides that have been [...]