A Critical Evaluation of : Browne, E. (2003) Conversations in Cyberspace: A study of online learning. Online Learning, 18(3), 245 – 259 Browne (2003) provides a clear aim for the research in examining interaction between lecturers and learners studying an online Masters Degree in Education. Both quantitative and qualitative research methods are utilised in the […]
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” Knight (2002, p. 188) provides a set of tactics for generating meanings from collected data. Those which are particularly relevant for my research are: Need to keep thinking about the patterns and themes Try to develop stories that draw themes together, offer explanations and give a feeling of understnading Throughout the literature review, I
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It may be more accurate to think of accessible learning as a strategy rather than as a set of policies and that the role of the government is to create the conditions for a learning society. I believe in the notion of strategies to promote learning through work; and technology can help to achieve this.
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I was reading the Ouch pages on BBC today and reading some of the student diaries. What I found interesting about the case studies was the importance of friendship, which I think is something that perhaps may be overlooked. When students are asked about the things that are important in their experience of education one
‘It’s a PhD, not a Nobel Prize’: how experienced examiners assess research theses by Gerry Mullins and Margaret Kiley Something to read over your morning coffee today. I thought this was a very helpful article. Click the image to view the article.
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Sugata Mitra: The child-driven education I thought this was a great TED talk by Sugata Mitra on The child-driven education, so sharing it here for inspiration. What are your thoughts? Sugata Mitra gave a version of this talk at ALT-C 2010. There are blog posts about it here: Agent4Change and here at Steve Wheeler’s blog
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Whilst studying for a research degree, don’t forget to register for a Sconul card, which allows you to to use the facilities of your local university library. I have been using Lexis Nexis – a database of new reports including UK national and regional newspapers and major newspapers from around the world. Access is free
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The law relating research with children (legally defined as those under 18 years of age) is not clear but a series of principles are proposed in various available guidance (RCPCh, 2000; DOh, 2001, BMA, 2001; RCN, 2003). Guidance is based on concern for children as potentially vulnerable participants as identified in the ‘Declaration of Helsinki’
Although the research is low-risk, the primary responsibility of the research to the participants crucially underpins any research. This is particularly pertitent when the participants are children. It is not intended that the research should cause distress but this could happen inadvertently and needs to be recognised as a potential ara of risk. Distress can
Grounded theory has been defined as ‘theory that was derived from data, systematically gathered and analyzed through the research process. In this method, data collection, analysis, and eventual theory stand in close relationship to one another’ (Strauss and Corbin, 1998, p.12). Two central strands of grounded theory are that it is concerned with the development