Unstructured Non-accredited

Just like riding a bicycle…

…there are some things that once learned are never forgotten. Not that I have any recent experiences of riding a bicycle except for the odd indoor ‘spin’ for charity if that counts. I’m not thinking about bicycles however, rather my experiences of crafting process flowcharts that started about 25 years ago – eeek!

Thinking about accessibility: Part 3

Ensure all diagrams and tables are accessible and have alt text labels… PhD Examiners’ report, May 2023 Regular readers will know that since I ‘discovered’ the importance of making writing accessible it is never far from my mind. Since this post is part 3 of a series entitled ‘Thinking about accessibility’, it seems to meContinue reading “Thinking about accessibility: Part 3”

Organising the chaos… EndNote part 2

From April 2021: It’s been a few months since my Endnote and Scrivener integration discoveries. Since then I’ve been drafting and redrafting my PhD research proposal in Scrivener along with my list of references, then copy/pasting it all into Microsoft Word for supervisor and peer review and feedback, WHAT? Didn’t I already crack referencing withContinue reading “Organising the chaos… EndNote part 2”

From reflective practitioner towards reflexive researcher… the research journal

In the same way that my head does not clearly grasp the difference between practice and praxis (I’m being honest here) I also struggle with reflection and reflexivity. I’m not alone according to Kim Etherington (2004) who noted “When I first heard the word reflexivity, I thought it meant the same as reflection, as indeedContinue reading “From reflective practitioner towards reflexive researcher… the research journal”

Going old school…

My PhD Gantt chart for July 2021 has the following activity: Set up and test tech requirements for telephone interviews. In my mind I expected this to be quite straightforward. I would make the calls from my phone to the participant’s landline or non-smartphone using Microsoft Teams, the calls would also be recorded using Teams.Continue reading “Going old school…”

Organising the chaos… the magic of NVivo

I’ve been learning loads about Nvivo this semester through training workshops and a one-to-one consultation. Actually it was the other way around since I booked a consultation first to look at my recent data from a survey of 460 records (called cases in NVivo terminology). A little more than an hour into the consultation IContinue reading “Organising the chaos… the magic of NVivo”