Book proposal
Published on November 12, 2009
Kieron’s summary of the benefits offered by our current book proposal.
Archive for the 'Things to remember' Category
Regrading of research fellows
Published on September 13, 2009
Links associated with regrading of research fellows. http://intranet.open.ac.uk/human-resources/research_associates/Researchassociates_17.6.09_FINAL.doc http://intranet.open.ac.uk/human-resources/research_associates/Appendix_1_Comparative_Summary_280509.doc http://intranet.open.ac.uk/human-resources/research_associates/OU85_Res_Asst_GradeAC1.doc http://intranet.open.ac.uk/human-resources/research_associates/Research_Associate_28.5.09.doc http://intranet.open.ac.uk/human-resources/research_associates/Research_Fellow_28.5.09.doc http://intranet.open.ac.uk/human-resources/research_associates/OU88_Snr_Res_Fellow_GradeAC4.doc Note intranet must be open when clicking on links
Finding the pictures
Published on November 27, 2008
My thesis now has many pictures embedded within it – and my pen drive is full of pictures entitled things like ‘pseudonymise this’ and ‘C2 pic7’ in various formats. The question is, which of the many versions hidden in my different folders are the versions I am supposed to be working with? I’ve just devoted […]
And now for something completely different
Published on November 14, 2008
A news story from early September about my twin nephews – expert canoeists, who have both won medals representing their country. My sister notes that when the article says Peter was selected to race in Spain, it actually means Denmark :-/ Oh, and here’s how to make six-month pics with a pinhole camera. [Note to […]
Virtual worlds links
Published on November 10, 2008
Some web references I picked up at the ‘Creating Second Lives’ conference in Bangor. Exit Reality is an application that allows you to present every web page as part of a 3D virtual world, and to move the same avatar around them. I’ve been a bit limited in my ability to try it out, as […]
Just share it
Published on November 9, 2008
Interesting post on issues relating to SocialLearn by Scott Leslie in his EdTech blog. These are his sub-heads: Planning to Share versus Just Sharing We grow our network by sharing, they start their network by setting up initial agreements We share what we share, they want to share what they often don’t have (or even […]
The construction of shared knowledge through asynchronous dialogue
Published on October 23, 2008
I have a thesis title 🙂 ‘The construction of shared knowledge through asynchronous dialogue’. And I’m giving notice of intention to submit. Yay! 23 January – that’s my submission date.
Pitching your thesis
Published on October 16, 2008
Just watched a Ted Talk by David S Rose on producing a business pitch. Thought I could apply it to writing my thesis introduction. So the intro should start like a rocket, grabbing readers’ attention, and then it should take a solid, steady upward path. Start with a title, and then an attention-grabbing introduction. Give […]
Research overview
Published on October 2, 2008
I’m thinking about the conclusion to my PhD, so I’ve returned to the literature on what examiners are looking for. Stephen Potter’s book ‘Doing Postgraduate Research’ contains a list of potential viva questions, so I’m going to think about how I could answer those, and then see which elements of my answers will fit comfortably […]