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Category Archives: PhD
Researchers as lurkers
An interesting paragraph in a book I am reading at the moment (Lurking, by Joanne McNeil). We are used to talking about learners as lurkers, but here’s another perspective. What images do we invoke when we think about the researcher … Continue reading
Spring at last
Two photos, taken a week apart, both of the same branch. Last week it was cold in the garden – bright, but not warm enough to sit and enjoy it. Today was a beautiful day – warm enough to sit … Continue reading
Posted in Flowers, PhD, Photos, Scotland
Tagged #clmooc, #SilentSunday, Apple Blossom, spring
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The emergence of participatory learning: authenticity, serendipity and creative playfulness
Today I got the final confirmation that I have been awarded my PhD in Education, with the title The emergence of participatory learning: authenticity, serendipity and creative playfulness. The thesis is now uploaded to my Uni library repository, and anyone … Continue reading
Posted in #CLMOOC, D&G, DS106, MOOC, Online learning, Peer interaction, PhD, Remix, Researcher Journal, Writing
Tagged #clmooc, Bricolage, participatory culture, PhD, serendipity
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Trust me, I’m a doctor
On Monday I passed my PhD viva. This thesis has been a long time cooking – I began on Jan 7th 2013, took a year out due to ill health, had two changes of thesis title and lost three supervisors … Continue reading
Permission to have fun
Fish flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-SA) license I was told this week that we’re only meant to be doing work that is essential. Now, if this is true, then I know that it’s being said … Continue reading
How to nurture a community of online learners
I’ve been involved in open learning for several years now. It started almost by accident, when some guy called Dave ran a crazy learning experience that we called rhizo14, carried on serendipitously into a sister experience called CLMOOC, and gradually … Continue reading
Posted in #CLMOOC, #rhizo14, DailyCreate, Learning, MOOC, Online learning, PhD, Social Media, Teaching
Tagged #clmooc, #DS106, connected learning, learning communities, participatory culture
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Resolutions
It took me a long time to start doing the Daily Create. I wanted to participate, but I was not sure I should, or could. Although it’s an open community, I still felt that I’d be an interloper, rudely bursting … Continue reading
Posted in #CLMOOC, DailyCreate, Doodles, DS106, MOOC, Online learning, Peer interaction, PhD
Tagged #clmooc, #DS106, doodles, play, practice
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Who owns a hashtag?
I’m doing a MOOC from Futurelearn at the moment with some friends: Social Media Analytics: Using Data to Understand Public Conversations It’s interesting, I am getting to use some familiar software (TAGS) and some new stuff (Tableau), and it’s good … Continue reading
Posted in Learning, MOOC, Online learning, PhD, Rhizomes, Social Media
Tagged ethics, hashtags, lthechat, MOOC, politeness, social media
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Past me
Sitting, pen in hand, with blank paper in front of me, I chastise my past self. I shout at her for being lazy, for not writing more, so that I would need to write less. But my past self was … Continue reading
Posted in #CLMOOC, PhD, Researcher Journal, Writing
Tagged clmooc, PhD, writeout, writers block, writing
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