Making a start
Just typing up some notes from speaking to Judith to help me remember what I’m meant (or maybe not meant to be doing). Team stuff Suggestion that I give Katy some support on building the Lab website...
View ArticleBits and Bobs
Just a quick attempt to capture some of the stuff in my mind at the moment. First, don’t accept invitations to do stuff unless they are really relevant – I wish I wasn’t committed to half a day in...
View ArticleGetting a perspective
It’s strange how most of my working life I’ve been involved in project management of one sort or another and I am only just beginning to see the parallels with what I am embarking on here. I guess...
View ArticleILE09 week 8
It’s hard to believe the presentations will be next Wednesday! During this past week, there has been evidence of a fair bit of student activity in Second Life. Some have been fine tuning work that has...
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Planning
Things can change as I get more into the literature, but the plan for my DPhil at the moment is to do something about informal learning in communities within a virtual world context. The next task is...
View ArticleGetting down to business – ethical considerations
This is the first of 2 blog posts I have it in mind to write – the other will be looking at structuring and planning my study with ethical considerations and methodology in mind. I’ve just read a...
View ArticleTaking stock
This feels like a good time to do a bit of taking stock and forward planning. I’ve been looking at some of the DR2 modules and what comes through most clearly is the need for focus. This came across...
View ArticleWhat am I doing at the moment
Thought it was about time I posted a catch up on what I am actually doing! The focus of my DPhil is now the learning journeys of the various participants involved in the support and care of children...
View ArticleSo much to do, so little time to do it
I seem to be keeping a lot of different balls in the air at the moment. I have begun to recruit research participants and that is proving almost too easy. Both the schools are very happy to co-operate...
View ArticleReflections
Like many research students, one of my concerns is the need for some kind of originality in the work I am undertaking. I am still unsure exactly what that means – and how much originality is necessary...
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