I’m felling pleased with myself, as I’ve managed to knock together 5000 words, which looks like a first draft of half of my literature review. It’s full of holes, and it misses out the really difficult areas (learning theory and various discourse analysis views on identity) but I can see that it might all fit together eventually.
As a result, I’ve tinkered with my research questions once again. So, just to archive how they fluctuate, here they are:
- Which are the key identities available within a learning community which comes together in an asynchronous online environment?
- How are these identities introduced or created?
- Which of these identities are mobilised to support learning, and which to discourage learning?
- How can the asynchronous environment be designed in order that participants will position themselves, and others, in ways which support learning?