Category: "Research Methods"
Aug
06
Dissertation Survey: Update (or why so many partial responses?)
Research Methods, Dissertation 2 feedbacks » 2687 viewsI'm interested to know why so many (80%) of the responses to my dissertation survey (survey details from this post) have not been completed.
The pattern seems to be that:
People look at it and then decide it's not for them at all - I wonder why t… more »
May
08
Why do we do research at all? It's to get a best-fit picture of the world and how things work, so that we can persuade other people to take advantage of new ways of working, that have been shown to work for other people.
What research doesn't show is… more »
Mar
13
Virtual Canuck » Blogging as Academic Publication
Masters Degree in elearning, Research Methods Send feedback » 2222 viewsTerry Anderson on whether blogs can provide a useful adjunct to more formal academic publication.
I would agree with his issue about the permanence or otherwise of blog postings, as compared with published journals. It becomes the author's responsibil… more »
Mar
02
I'm just about to start a new module in my Masters degree programme. It's all about Research Methods.
Initial reactions - is this what I really want to be doing? to be learning about? The whole course is about elearning... why do I want to know about… more »
