Category Archives: Research Progress
Using visualisation to help understand research outcomes
Currently, I’m writing a paper on the above topic. It is a paper long overdue from some past research work that I was involved in. In the paper, I discuss how graphic visualisation techniques and reflective practice can substantially inform … Continue reading
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Hold the Press!
Once again I apologize to my readers for the absolute lack of attension to this blog. The last four months have been a little bit ‘hairy’, with the submission of my exegesis and all. Actually, it will be submitted on … Continue reading
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updates, updates, updates
Well, I know its been a long time since my last entry. I have been busy, I asure my readers. Wow, I just checked my last entry…it has been awhile. Since then, I have been busy writing out some of … Continue reading
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The Comic…
For the last week I have been building up not only visual research to help my comic dialogue but also writing it. Yes, writing! It became apparent that if I tried to organise dialogue with introducing educational principles, theory ect, … Continue reading
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How’s the teaching going?
Someone mentioned to me this week if I have been posting blog entries about my reflections on teaching this semester. The answer is no, at this point to protect privacy but I have been taking notes down after each class … Continue reading
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A Comic!
Here is a preview of what I been working on. Many blog posts ago, I wrote how I am trying to visualize this “new learning approach” that I have been reflecting on. More so, I should say that after some … Continue reading
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Knowledge
Last week, I was going through John Biggs’s book in quality learning and I came across a section that I have gone over before but I obviously wasn’t ready to absorb it yet. Biggs spoke about Alignment of the teaching … Continue reading
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The Boyer Commision Report
Through my past scrambling of information for the conference abstract I came upon a report concerning the needed changes in undergraduate education. The Boyer Commission, are a group of scientists, educators and designers who have come together to offer some … Continue reading
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Troubles: New Views Abstract
As I mentioned in my last post since last week I have been desperately struggling to write a mere 400 words of positioning statement for the New Views 2 conference. Well, It’s done and thankfully so. I did learn a … Continue reading
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The past week and now
For the last two weeks I have been busily working on a grant submission and a 63 pg contacts booklet for the state of Victoria. Because of certain deadlines, these have been my priorities. Although, I will admit that my … Continue reading
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The “R” word and related work
With all of this reflection going on I have been increasingly been subjected to the “R” word. Since the GRC two colleagues and I have been piecing together a proposal for a new research and participatory learning course hopefully to … Continue reading
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September/October 2007
My readings have given me a good first look into design research and its methods. I have been taking a look at books like Donald Schon’s Reflective practitioner, Boyer’s Scholarship Reconsidered and Peter Downton’s Design Research and many other journals. … Continue reading
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