methodology

Week #3 SOCRMx – Discourse Analysis

Analysis, Discourse analysis, methodology, SOCRMx, theory by Colin Simpson 1 Comment on Week #3 SOCRMx – Discourse Analysis

When I first stumbled across Foucault in some paper since cast to the depths of my mind, my immediate response was that it was wanky and unhelpful theoretical tosh. I’ll admit that I struggled to […]

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Week #2 SOCRMx – Surveys

activity, methodology, research, SOCRMx by Colin Simpson

Week 2&3 of the EdinburghX Social Research Methods MOOC sees us starting to dig into a couple of methods from a list of about 8. Being a nerd who really wants to get my head […]

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Can I get a method: The EdinburghX SOCRMx Social Research Methods MOOC Week #1

academic development, methodology, mooc by Colin Simpson

MOOC Week #1 question responses Making a blog post is part of the participation in the MOOC. I’m just going to put my answers here at the top so people don’t need to read the […]

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Thoughts on: Teaching online (in Teaching thinking: Beliefs and knowledge in Higher Education) (Goodyear, P. 2002)

academics, communication, discussion, education, education design, elearning, learning, methodology, teachers, teaching by Colin Simpson 1 Comment on Thoughts on: Teaching online (in Teaching thinking: Beliefs and knowledge in Higher Education) (Goodyear, P. 2002)

Writing about work by your supervisor feels a little strange but, as adults and scholars, it really shouldn’t. Obviously there is a power dynamic and a question for me of what to do if I disagree […]

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Quick reading: Five papers on Academic Development (Hannon, 2008; Hicks, 2005; Boud & Brew, 2013; Lee & McWilliam, 2008; Bath & Smith, 2004)

academic development, academics, culture, education, education design, Education Support People, literature, methodology, professional development, Professional staff, Uncategorized by Colin Simpson

Academic development refers to the professional development of academics – which makes sense when you think about it. Evidently I hadn’t thought about that a lot because until I skim read these five papers, I had put […]

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Thoughts on: ‘Sleeping with the enemy’: how far are you prepared to go to make a difference? A look at the divide between academic and allied staff (Wohlmuther, 2008)

culture, discussion, education design, Education Support People, methodology, organisation, research, Uncategorized by Colin Simpson

At this stage of looking at the matter of professional staff and academic staff in Higher Education, I feel that I’m somewhat flogging a dead horse and everything that needs to be said, has been […]

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Making a PhD plan

methodology, organisation, PhD by Colin Simpson

One of the greatest challenges of my chosen research topic (how universities can support tech enhanced learning and teaching practices) is the sheer breadth of it. Obviously this focus will narrow in time but at […]

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Thoughts on: Two guides from Ako Aotearoa on education projects and researching learners

communication, community of practice, ed tech, edtech, education, facilitation, higher education, methodology, PhD, reflection, research by Colin Simpson

It was always my intention that researching in the area that I work in would help me to shape my professional practice (and it is) but I’ve been surprised lately at how much things are flowing […]

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Thoughts on: “Doing Insider Research in Universities” (Trowler, 2012) Part 4 – Social practice theory

methodology, research, social practice theory, theory by Colin Simpson

Ok, so one more post and I can put this book (Is it still a book on a Kindle?) down. Social Practice theory is a direction that I’ve been encouraged to explore by my supervisor […]

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Thoughts on: “Doing Insider Research in Universities” (Trowler, 2012) Part 3 – Good research design and ethics/politics

education, ethics, methodology, PhD, research, Uncategorized by Colin Simpson

I’m not sure that this is how I’ll process all of the books that I read – in fact I’m almost certain that it isn’t – but I’ll continue this series of posts about Trowler […]

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