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Thoughts on being ‘at’ university

When I look at video clips like this one I think how nice it would be to study on campus at Edinburgh. It’s a gorgeous city and I love to visit from time to time. I have to admit to loving Scotland, I love the accents, the friendliness, the mountains (I’ve even climbed Ben Nevis) andContinue reading “Thoughts on being ‘at’ university”

Building community… one step at a time

I’ve been giving community some thought over the past week, especially how to successfully construct it in an online environment, more specifically creating community with my peer learners on IDEL. During week 1 of IDEL when we were constructing community, I made a point of checking the participant’s contact details page regularly so that IContinue reading “Building community… one step at a time”

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”

One third through IDEL – what have I learned?

So, #Ophelia has hit Ireland, the electricity has gone, laptop is tethered to my phone so good opportunity to write this week’s blog post without distraction! One of the things I love about IDEL is the requirement to keep a blog – no, not this one, but another one where I get lots of helpfulContinue reading “One third through IDEL – what have I learned?”

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”