{"id":2197,"date":"2007-07-06T10:59:52","date_gmt":"2007-07-06T16:59:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/book\/in-the-news\/"},"modified":"2007-07-08T20:44:14","modified_gmt":"2007-07-09T02:44:14","slug":"in-the-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/book\/in-the-news\/","title":{"rendered":"In the News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Almost 20 years ago, I was accused by the then-Dean of UNM’s Division of Continuing Education of “biting the hand that feeds me.” It wasn’t the first or last time I was thus accused — I take it as a compliment. At the time, an article had appeared in the paper in which a UNMCE instructor — vital to the program and long since gone — raved about the value of classroom training for computer users. I wrote a letter to the editor (this was years before blogs) saying classroom training isn’t for everyone. Heresy, albeit true. (I’ve found no perfect means for learning or teaching.)<\/p>\n

I dredge this up as I think about UNM as a community. UNMCE has really made me a professional computer trainer. Foremost, my students deserve the credit for enduring and improving me, but UNMCE gave me many opportunities. I certainly could not have enjoyed self-employment (or, in truth, long-term semi-retirement) without the continued support of my friends, colleagues and students at UNMCE.<\/p>\n

Even though Wiley Publishing has given me new opportunities, UNM continues to make what I do possible. Already, UNM has been much more generous about spreading the word about the book<\/a> than Wiley has. (Does Wiley feel a nibble on its fingers?) UNMCE’s blog was the first “press”<\/a> (beyond advertising) the book received. Now Benson Hendrix on main campus has written a very generous story for UNM Today: UNM Continuing Education Instructor Pens First<\/em> Book<\/a> [emphasis added]. (I am half-amused and half-embarrassed to be compared to Sisyphus, who is still toiling, if you believe such stuff.) mjh<\/span><\/p>\n

PS: It occurred to me today that people will soon be asking, “what have you done lately<\/em>?” Then my 15MB of fame will be full. (I’m tech-editing someone else’s book.)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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