And these are my research questions as framed in my probationary report… This research will consider the affordances of asynchronous online communities in higher education, asking how they can be utilised to support rather than to impede learning. It will also examine ways in which learners participate in a virtual environment. The main research questions […]
So, my supervisors said that the last set of research questions were questions for an entire career, not for something as narrow as a thesis. Now I’m down to: How do virtual learning communities based in asynchronous online conferences support higher-education learners in the co-construction of knowledge? How are self-presentation, identity and community relations implicated in […]
I like to keep tabs on my research questions, so before I delete this week’s set, I’ll post them here. This what I proposed in the draft of my probationary report: What are the key characteristics of a virtual learning community? Which characteristics of a virtual learning community support learning? Which characteristics of a virtual […]
Just so that I don’t lose it – Here’s Margaret Debenham on epistolary interviewing: Finally a number of Personal Interviews were undertaken to complete the main study by exploring inferences drawn from the earlier studies through direct interaction with the participants. Eleven students were interviewed in total. This phase of the work was undertaken in […]
I really enjoy my blog, and I’ve been irritated that the damn probationary report has got in the way of my posting to it recently. It just occurred to me that I spend a lot of time reflecting on the blog s and how we’ll be able to analyse them, and occasionally emailing other researchers […]
Well, I was booked to spend all day at Denise’s research day on e-assessment. I went this morning and, I must say, it was ver interesting. But having been stressed out with deadlines all week, and expecting to be stressed out agin tomorrow when my supervisors have had a chance to pull to pieces my […]