Category Archives: 3. Professional Communication and Dialogue

#OER24 – a reflection

In this post I reflect on my first time attendance at OER24, the annual Open Education, Research, Practice and Policy conference hosted this week by Munster Technological University, Cork, Ireland. I also had the opportunity to present my current work, a video recording of a practice run is available through this link: https://learningdigitaltogether.com/our-pilot/

A community-of-peer learners

In recent months I have been spending some time preparing for my upcoming viva exam and have been fortunate enough to have had not one, but two practice runs with peers during April and May. Their feedback, individually and collectively, was incredibly valuable and allowed for considerable improvements to be made between the runs andContinue reading “A community-of-peer learners”

“Nearly half of persons aged 75+ have never used the internet”

In December 2020, as a result of a module paper in Part 1 of my PhD programme, I made a policy recommendation to the Director-General of the Central Statistics Office in Ireland: At a policy level, consideration should be given to collecting and publishing statistical data at a national level on ICT usage by householdsContinue reading ““Nearly half of persons aged 75+ have never used the internet””

Collaboration – the name of the (research) game

As 2021 draws to a close I reflect on two pieces of collaborative research work that had successful outcomes… both were published in academic journals, my first experience. Since my contribution involved over 100 hours in 2021 it’s worth reflecting on the process so that I’ll remember the experience for next time, and yes, thereContinue reading “Collaboration – the name of the (research) game”

“Nobody can make you go online, it’s my choice” (Anne, 79)

August has been busy with data collection for my PhD study. A stretch target of 100 responses to my survey would be ideal and so far 74 responses have been recorded, with 69 of these fully complete from the target age cohort. Recruitment remains open for another month so keeping fingers crossed on that score.Continue reading ““Nobody can make you go online, it’s my choice” (Anne, 79)”