Category Archives: family

Mobile Informal Learning: Sis-in-Law Needs Help Please

Posted on November 17, 2014 by Tricia Ransom

Hi everyone, My sister-in-law Allison…well, she and my brother divorced, but it was an amicable …is getting her PhD in Human Resource Development from the University of Illinois. She’s at the dissertation stage, and interested in informal mobile learning in … Continue reading →

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Part II: Learning About Learning From My Ancestors — Grandma

Posted on August 6, 2014 by Tricia Ransom

An old draft post I found from November 2009. This is part II in my series about how/why I’m so focused on learning. It’s a learned trait – passed from my great-grandmother to my grandmother to my mom to me. … Continue reading →

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Tribute to My Mom

Posted on May 12, 2014 by Tricia Ransom

Yesterday was Mother’s Day. Instead of a card and flowers, I paid tribute to my mom on Facebook by sharing her wisdom. I heard these phrases repeatedly throughout my life – and she still says them. This is my core … Continue reading →

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Collision of History, School, and Me

Posted on May 1, 2010 by Tricia Ransom

I wasn’t the best student in high school and things didn’t improve much in college; it took me 3 tries before I graduated….when I was 30. So when I told my parents that I was going to get my Master’s … Continue reading →

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Part I: Learning About Learning From My Ancestors — Mama

Posted on November 29, 2009 by Tricia Ransom

I’m rather fixated on learning. Actually, I don’t think I’m fixated; rather, I think that learning is just an inherent part of me. An inherent part that is inherited. Here is the beginning of my history, and you’ll soon see … Continue reading →

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