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T. S. Elliot's poem The Hollow Men has a section that goes...more...
My thesis is an example information systems design research. However, since the aim of the thesis is to develop a design theory for the implementation of e-learning within a university I do have some interest in the design-based research (DBR) literature from the education discipline....more...
Graham Atwell raises some questions around the topics Learning 2.0, PLEs, Web2.0, informal and formal learning in this blog post. Apparently based on a workshop which appears to be focusing on the harnessing of these technologies/approaches in existing educational organisations...more...
For some time I have thought that one of the major barriers to improving/innovation in learning and teaching has been the consistency of practice and mindset held by discipline based groups. Now I've got some suggestion of a research basis for this view. This post attempts to explain my view, outline the research basis and draw implications for the practice of learning and teaching at Universities....more...
Apparently Accenture have discovered "user-determined computing" and associated issues....more...
The following is a summary of and reflection upon...more...
For those of you who don't know, I'm developing something called the Ps Framework for sensemaking around e-learning (read the earlier post for more information....more...
The Ps Framework is a taxonomy/framework that has arisen out of my attempts to understand the literature around e-learning within universities. It's main aim is to serve as the structure for chapter 2 of my thesis. This blog post seeks to summarise some of the origins and potential futures of the Ps framework and also to explain why I think it might be useful....more...
I suggest that many of the problems organisations face can be traced back to a few observations...more...
This post is a summary and some reflection on a discussion paper posted to ITForum. It's by Goknur Kaplan Akilli and is titled Design Based Research vs. Mixed Methods: The Differences and Commonalities. The author is a PhD candidate with some interesting research runs on the board....more...
Update: On 21 Oct, 2008 I redirected my old website here. There are links to the old site included below. If you click on them, you'll be brought back to this blog....more...
(A Suggested Structure for a Design Science Article or Thesis)...more...
Continuing previous posts looking at/summarising recent design research literature this post gives a summary of the following paper...more...