Category Archives: 4. Professional Knowledge and Skills

Ireland and the lifelong learning curve: the intergenerational contribution to digital literacy for life.

Participant Information Letter – Adult participants aged 55 years and older living in Ireland Dear Participant,  I am Sandra Flynn, a PhD student at the Department of Educational Research at Lancaster University. I would like to invite you to take part in a research study about intergenerational relationship support for the development of digital literacy skillsContinue reading “Ireland and the lifelong learning curve: the intergenerational contribution to digital literacy for life.”

Draft, pilot, reflect, revise…

Today, 21 June, 2021, my students embark on Stage 3 of their MSc research projects, collecting data, analysing data and all the rest that goes with it. I will reiterate my previous advice to them on the importance of a data requirements table (Saunders et al., 2016, p. 714). This mapping exercise helps ensure thatContinue reading “Draft, pilot, reflect, revise…”

Organising the chaos… Nvivo and the literature

I refrain from using the term literature review in the title of this post since I’m a long way from that point in my research project. I have, however, been reading a lot in the months since I shared my rationale in this post for wanting to use Nvivo for my literature review. I haveContinue reading “Organising the chaos… Nvivo and the literature”

“Get yourself a granddaughter!”

January, 2021. For readers outside of Ireland this is the month of the third lockdown to help prevent the spread of Covid-19. Over the course of a few days an email exchange with a neighbour went like this: Her: “Can I phone you at some point today or tomorrow for help with the constant emailContinue reading ““Get yourself a granddaughter!””

Organising the chaos… towards a literature review

I recall the tutor suggesting a title for my Module One autoethnography that included the word ‘towards‘. I liked this since it emphasised that I was not yet at my destination and I have used it on a number of occasions since, with ‘contribution‘ being another preferred word when it comes to titles for myContinue reading “Organising the chaos… towards a literature review”