Tag Archives: Reflections
Fishing for clues vs fishing for answers
I’ve been revisiting a lot of interview data recently in working on my analysis and trying to figure out how all of this will come together. By ‘this’ I refer to THE BIG MAMMOTH OVERWHELMING THING THEY CALL A THESIS but that’s another rant for another day. I conducted these interviews in the second half [...]
Anytime anywhere learning and anytime anywhere teaching
I went to the Apple University Consortium Mobility Seminar at ECU today and enjoyed the presentation by Stephen Atherton and team in which they gave a good overview of recent going-ons with Apple in higher education. The focus was on mobile learning and in particular the “magical and revolutionary” iPad and associated apps/iTunesU. Links and [...]
My PLN and those “Aha!” moments
Mid-2008, I submitted my research proposal for review and gave a panel presentation about it (nerve-wracking stuff!). In my proposal, I outlined the literature and rationale behind the study, the proposed methodology and methods, ethical considerations, research instruments, intended analysis (and analytical framework), and so on – everything you’d expect to see in a qualitative [...]
ICT = tool or technology?
I’m always intrigued by the idea of technological determinism, and the debates for/against in education circles. There are those who approach technology as a tool (“it’s about the teach, not the tech”) and those who approach technology from a more critical perspective, seeing it as an advocate for change, i.e., technology “does something”. Then, there [...]
The importance of (good) data management
I know the importance of organization during any project. Home renovations, cooking a lamb roast, going to a concert, conducting fieldwork for research. It will go a lot more smoothly (and be more useful) if you plan, conduct and keep it organized as you go. I didn’t do this very well during my fieldwork. I [...]
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