… but it takes investment to learn how to use it wisely. It’s a couple of weeks since I last posted and I’ve been busy with lots of things but mostly reading, reading and more reading. Looking back at my last post when I made the statement that forms the title of this post I thoughtContinue reading “Technology is not our enemy…”
Category Archives: Domains
Lessons from the year that was 2017
It seems that reflecting on the year that has passed is something that bloggers do, but I don’t consider myself a blogger (yet!). Nevertheless, here are a few lessons that I’ve learned from 2017 and will use to guide me in 2018. They are not, however, New Year resolutions…. Time is a precious commodity, spendContinue reading “Lessons from the year that was 2017”
Drawing #mscidel stepping stones to a close
The IDEL journey has been foggy and misty at times but overall it’s been an excellent experience, forging new connections with cohort peers, tutors and the wider #mscde community, overcoming my fear of Twitter, learning how to write (not critically enough mind you!), freedom to read widely (yet critically), critically analyse my MOOC participation, learningContinue reading “Drawing #mscidel stepping stones to a close”
Drawing the #mscidel Twitter week to a close – what have I learned?
Last week was certainly an interesting week with the most intensive tweeting I’ve ever been involved in and this is reflected in the various numbers… Impressions, engagements, likes, retweets – in a nutshell, tons (well, perhaps not tons exactly) of data to tell my Twitter story of the week. Is the story an objective oneContinue reading “Drawing the #mscidel Twitter week to a close – what have I learned?”
Reflections on participant observation – #SOCRMx Week 3
Okay, so the activity guidelines were quite specific: “Find a public space that interests you and spend a few hours (over a period of a few days, ideally) making some field notes about what you see going on. The following questions might be useful as a guide to your field notes: Where are you? – describeContinue reading “Reflections on participant observation – #SOCRMx Week 3”
Reflections on a case study – #SOCRMx Week 2
I’m sticking week 2 in the title even though it’s actually week 3 of #SOCRMx but I intend to be caught up and have my ‘homework’ done before week 3 ends. The focus group activity is “to review the following case study and reflect on the use of the focus group method.” ‘Review and reflect‘ IContinue reading “Reflections on a case study – #SOCRMx Week 2”