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”
Category Archives: Domains
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”
Thinking about social research methods – #SOCRMx Week 1
For me, this MOOC is less about my research topic (which really doesn’t exist just yet) and primarily about refreshing and enhancing my knowledge on the topic of social research methods itself. A secondary benefit is being part of a blog group that includes #MScDE students who are ahead of me in the programme andContinue reading “Thinking about social research methods – #SOCRMx Week 1”
Sandra Flynn 