So, I have a problem. What was a wonderful open source product was bought by a big publisher. I’m an open kind of guy so this has always been a bit disquieting. It recently got a bit worse. Seems Mendeley and Elsevier products will soon be more seamless. Suggesting time to find an alternative to
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What is theory and why use theories?
The following is an edited version of something used in a course I teach that’s currently hidden away in the LMS. I’m adding it here because I’m using it with another group of students. It’s a quick attempt to cover what I perceive to be a reasonable whole for many education students. i.e. what exactly
Learning about case study methodology to research higher education
The following is a summary and some thoughts on Harland (2014). The abstract for the paper is Learning about teaching through inquiry is a sound practice for professional development and the university teacher-as-researcher is now commonplace. With the proliferation of inquiry-based postgraduate programmes in university teaching, more academics from across the disciplines are learning new
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Choosing a research publication outlet: Part II
My name is David. I’m an academic. It’s been 8 years since my last journal paper (but what a paper it was, thanks Shirley). In my defence, for three of those years I was finishing the PhD, 1 year finishing a GDL&T, three years getting used to a new discipline, and generally just cynical about
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Evaluating the use of blogs/reflective journals
The use of blogs in one of the courses I teach is now into it’s fourth semester. Well past time to do explore how it’s all going, evaluate some of the design decisions, and make some decisions about future developments. In preparation for that it’s time to look at some of the extant literature to
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Leadership as defining what's successful
After spending a few days visiting friends and family in Central Queensland – not to mention enjoying the beach – a long 7+ hour drive home provided an opportunity for some thinking. I’ve long had significant qualms about the notion of leadership, especially as it is increasingly being understood and defined by the current corporatisation
An ad hoc exploration ethnographic research
The following is an initial attempt to restart some earlier explorations of research methods that may prove useful in examining the “Story of BIM” for potential useful insights. The starting place is ethnography and auto ethnography and an exploration of some writings. Rescuing Autoethnography Atkinson, P. (2006). Rescuing Autoethnography. Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, 35(4), 400–404.
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1000 blog posts – a time to look back
According to the WordPress dashboard for this blog this is the 1000th published post (I have 100 odd drafts that I never finished or thought better of posting). Given I’m about to mark first year in a new job in a new institution in a new region, undergo my annual performance review and commence a
Explorations of narrative research
For a long time I’ve had a vague interest in narrative research, i.e. it’s one of those things I always meant to learn more about. Here are some initial explorations. Narrative approaches to education research My google for “narrative research method education” turns up this site from the UK as the #1 hit. I’ll start
The clash of corporate IT and open source learning management system: a nascent research idea
Following up on a broader research idea the following paragraph summarises a nascent, more specific idea a colleague and I are stumbling toward. It fits within the broader agenda. Suggestions, volunteers, pointers and criticisms welcome. For now it’s just a single paragraph. Open source education is seen by Davidson and Golberg (2009) as one of
