Category: "Dissertation"
Jun
06
Departmental roles in the Learning Organisation
Context, Management & Implementation, Dissertation 2 feedbacks » 10122 viewsWhere does learning sit in your organisation?
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Is it part of the Human Resources (HR) function?
Is it part of Internal Communications?
Is it part of Knowledge Management (KM)?
What input should each of these departmen… more »
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 »
Jul
26
Twitter explorations
Connected Learning Environment, Networks, Social Networks, Dissertation 1 feedback » 2680 viewsTwitter is another one of those viral phenomena in the internet-world. My colleague, Karyn, has been encouraging me to try it out. So here are my initial reactions (and they're not favourable):
What is Twitter?
When you get a Twitter account you're… more »
Jul
21
Dissertation Survey: your input needed
Connected Learning Environment, Networks, Dissertation 2 feedbacks » 2629 viewsPeople that have been reading this blog for a while will know that I'm, very slowly, working through a Masters Degree in elearning.
In this final year I'm focusing on my Dissertation, in which I'm doing some research to find out "the salient character… more »
Mar
30
Extending the reach of CPD 2
Learning, Teacher CPD, Naace2007, Dissertation Send feedback » 3077 viewsIn my earlier post this week I introduced Jo, a hypothetical (honest!) Primary Music advisor. We saw how she decided that a blog was probably going to be the best way to extend the reach of the CPD that she offers - both geographically and temporally.… more »
Mar
28
I've always, in some form or other been involved with schools. Whether this has been as a teacher or someone who supports teachers. Over the past couple of years I've been working with groups of teacher advisors from around England, exploring ways in whi… more »
Mar
08
Online Teacher Social Networking and CPD
Connectivism, Social Networks, Teacher CPD, Naace2007, Dissertation, Presentations & Workshops 3 feedbacks » 2644 viewsLast week I led a session at the Naace Strategic conference on Social Networking and CPD. Leon Cych very kindly videoed it and then did all the editing etc to get it online.
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There w… more »
Feb
16
A head of education that gets it...
Schools, Change Management, Teacher CPD, Naace2007, Dissertation 1 feedback » 2391 viewsI've just come across Don Ledingham. He's Head of Education for East Lothian council (that's East of Edinburgh - I've just checked).
The thing that's special about Don as opposed to pretty much every Head or Director of Education (as far as I know), i… more »
Feb
15
Survey Measuring Educators’ Uses of Web 2.0 Tools for Professional Growth
Social Networks, Teacher CPD, Naace2007, Dissertation Send feedback » 2647 viewsI was listening to a podcast from EdTechTalk today (whilst walking the dog - it's my best professional development opportunity!)
The Women of the Web team were getting set to interview Terry Freedman about his new edition of Coming of Age. During the… more »
Feb
14
I've submitted my proposal to Hull, and it's been approved in principle. I'm now reproducing it here, partly so it's in my knowledge base, and partly to get any feedback from the rest of the community.
I'm hoping to be able to tap into the edublogging… more »
