In about two months time the timer will start ticking on my PhD thesis. Being an organised type of person I want to have all my ducks lined up in terms of reading, writing and productivity tools. I’ve been getting to grips with many of these over the past while and am now in aContinue reading “Organising the chaos… EndNote (and not before time!)”
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Organising the chaos… hello Scrivener, goodbye Word
Not chaos exactly but since previous posts have opened with this title it seems to make sense to follow the pattern with this post. Note to self: I should soon put a list of these posts together to easily locate them for myself although a tag search for ‘chaos’ or ‘productivity’ usually produces the postsContinue reading “Organising the chaos… hello Scrivener, goodbye Word”
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”
Reflective learning, reflective practice – what else but a reflection!
I’ve been reflecting quite a bit these past few weeks, both personally and professionally. This month’s post marks the three year anniversary of launching my reflective journal, which has since evolved into my learning portfolio. I wonder if in three years time I will be reflecting on my PhD viva? Only time will tell.
The challenge of “remaining current” part 2 – “Ultimately, it’s all about community”
As promised in Part 1 of this short series, this post considers the Community of Inquiry framework from Garrison, Anderson and Archer (1999), in my opinion another important model for online teaching and learning. However, in the two weeks since my last post I have been pondering on community. Interested, then please read on. BrouwerContinue reading “The challenge of “remaining current” part 2 – “Ultimately, it’s all about community””
The challenge of “remaining current” part 1
A couple of months ago I created a placeholder for a future post with this title. I drafted a few notes with the idea of expanding the traditional notion that for teachers “remaining current” meant keeping up to date with our knowledge area / domain (replace with your preferred term). I was particularly interested inContinue reading “The challenge of “remaining current” part 1”
Sandra Flynn 