Category Archives: 4. Professional Knowledge and Skills

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”

Bridging the age-based digital divide: An intergenerational exchange during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown period in Ireland.

Participant Information Letter – Adult participants aged 18-25 years based in Ireland Dear Participant,  I am Sandra Flynn, a PhD student of E-Research and Technology Enhanced Learning at Lancaster University. I would like to invite you to take part in a research project with the working title: Bridging the age-based digital divide: an intergenerational exchange during the Covid-19Continue reading “Bridging the age-based digital divide: An intergenerational exchange during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown period in Ireland.”

Confessions of a rookie reviewer

I recently wrote about rookie mistakes I made preparing my first submission to an academic journal. A learning experience certainly, and with any luck my paper won’t get an outright rejection since I put quite a bit of effort into selecting the journal in question. Only time will tell. A couple of weeks later I wasContinue reading “Confessions of a rookie reviewer”

Confessions of a rookie researcher

Anyone who knows my professional work, either in project management or in teaching and learning, appreciates that I’m a stickler for detail, i’s dotted, t’s crossed, and everything in between. I consider myself to be organisation personified. For this journal article I’m working on, based on a PhD module paper, I read the instructions forContinue reading “Confessions of a rookie researcher”

Lessons from my students – Spring 2020

Spring 2020 has not been a normal time for anyone and we have all been affected one way or another by the global pandemic known as Covid-19. I lost half my small group of research students as circumstances deprioritised their research studies and they deferred to this summer.