Rubber, meet Road: On starting the dissertation process
Wed, Jun 15 2016 02:30
| collaboration, dissertation, EDDE805, epistemology, journey, MDDE702, methodology, motivation, novelty, PhD, research
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So. It is finally upon me! The time to put pen to paper (or in my case tap some keys on the keyboard to throw some stuff called text into a Google Doc) in order to start putting together my dissertation proposal. In some respects I am doing this backwards. I am taking a Research Methods course this summer as a way of getting re-acquainted with some things, and to get better acquainted
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MOOC Standards...what do these look like?
Mon, Mar 14 2016 03:00
| axiology, cMOOC, epistemology, Evaluation, MOOC, pMOOC, qualitymatters, research, rMOOC, standards, subjectives, xMOOC
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The case of MOOC standards (as well as MOOC sustainability) is something that keeps coming back to me as a topic of pondering. I read about it in other blogs. Then, I want to respond to some of these articles, and bounce off some ideas, but I lose motivation and decide "m'eh" - this topics isn't much of interest. Then, a little while later, my interest on the topic rekindles. I
Dissertations: seems to be all about assessment
Sun, Jul 26 2015 12:29
| #remixthediss, #rhizo14, #rhizo15, #rhizoANT, assessment, dissertation, EDDE802, epistemology, PhD
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I am finally catching up with my Pocket reading list, again! This seems to be a fool's errand since it just keeps filling up again with interesting things to read and ponder ;-). In any case, Rebecca recently was pondering on her blog if Collaborative Autoethnography (CAE) is an appropriate method for a dissertation. Rebecca, as far as I know, is currently ABD and looking at wrapping
Latour - Rendering Associations Traceable again - Part III
Mon, Jun 29 2015 04:00
| #rhizo14, #rhizo15, #rhizoANT, ANT, dissertation, EDDE802, EdTech, epistemology, linguistics, MOOC, ontology, PhD, philosophy, project, research, sociology, theory, web2.0, WebLiteracy
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Drumroll please! This is it! The final Latour conversation (at least as far as his book Reassembling the Social: An Introduction to Actor-Network-Theory goes. It's been fun, Latour, but I have a pile of MOOC articles that aren't going to read themselves (note to voice technology people. I need a computer to read things to me like Majel Barrett does in Star Trek - voice of the computer.
Latour - Rendering Associations traceable again - Part II
Wed, Jun 24 2015 05:00
| #rhizo14, #rhizo15, #rhizoANT, ANT, dissertation, EDDE802, EdTech, epistemology, linguistics, MOOC, ontology, PhD, philosophy, project, research, sociology, theory
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Alright! Just as #clmooc is starting, I am finishing off Latour! Here is part 2, of a 3 part wrap-up on Latour's Reassembling the Social: An Introduction to Actor-Network-Theory. Once he discussed 5 uncertainties, now we're looking at re-assembling the social. Just as before, I've pulled one some quotes that made me go "huh!" when I was reading the book (finished it a few weeks
Latour - Rendering Associations Traceable Again - Part I
Sun, Jun 21 2015 04:00
| #rhizo14, #rhizo15, #rhizoANT, ANT, dissertation, EDDE802, EdTech, epistemology, linguistics, MOOC, ontology, PhD, philosophy, project, research, sociology, theory
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Alright! This is the final countdown for Latour! I've reached Part II of his book, which discusses the points of rendering associations traceable again. This continuing exploration of Latour deals with and Actor-Network Theory (in case you didn't remember). I've selected quotes that got me thinking when I first read the book, and now I am providing some current reactions (2 weeks later)
Latour: Firth Source of Uncertainty - Writing Down Risky Accounts
Fri, Jun 5 2015 18:09
| #altac, #remixthediss, #rhizo14, #rhizo15, ANT, dissertation, EdTech, epistemology, linguistics, MOOC, ontology, PhD, philosophy, project, research, sociology, theory
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Alright! Here we are! I am continuing the exploration [and one-sided dialogue] with Latour and I have reached the fifth [and final] source of uncertainty. This first part of the book has tried to describe Actor-Network Theory by describing the negative space around it, by offering up metaphors and examples, and by giving some small snippets into what ANT is (or tries to accomplish). As with
Latour: The Fourth Uncertainty - Matters of Fact vs Matters of Concern
Sun, May 31 2015 18:03
| #rhizo14, #rhizo15, #rhizoANT, ANT, dissertation, EDDE802, EdTech, epistemology, linguistics, MOOC, ontology, PhD, philosophy, project, research, sociology, theory
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Continuing on the (one sided) conversation of ANT with Latour we have the 4th source of uncertainty which is Matters of Fact vs Matters of Concern. I guess, starting off here, that one cannot debate matters of "fact" because they are facts and therefore immutable, whereas "concerns" are broad categories and the "answers" will most likely be in a state of flux. ANT is the story of an experiment
Latour: Third Source of Uncertainty - Objects have agency too!
Sun, May 17 2015 06:00
| #rhizo14, #rhizo15, ANT, dissertation, EdTech, epistemology, linguistics, MOOC, ontology, PhD, philosophy, project, research, sociology, theory
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Continuing on my exploration of ANT, and asynchronous and indirect dialogue with Latour - this blog post will cover the third source of uncertainty, which according to Latour, is that Objects have agency too! As with the previous blog posts, I've pulled out quotes from the book that seemed interesting, or that I reacted to in some way, and I am responding to them here. no tie can be said to be durable
Latour: Second Source of Uncertainty - Action is overtaken
Fri, May 15 2015 11:58
| #rhizo14, #rhizo15, ANT, dissertation, EdTech, epistemology, MOOC, ontology, PhD, philosophy, project, research, sociology, theory
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Continuing on the exploration of Latour and ANT, the second source of uncertainty according to Latour is: Action is Overtaken. To be honest a few days after I've read the chapter and copied interesting parts from it for this post, I am not really sure what that means... I had to look the chapter title up to make sure that I wasn't making a mistaken ;-) As with previous blogIn most situations,
One more assignemnt down... One to go...
Tue, Mar 17 2015 04:30
| assignment, cMOOC, EDDE802, epistemology, methodology, MOOC, PhD, research
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I am starting to feel like Jack Bauer in 24 as EDDE 802 progresses. 60 days down in the semester, and 25 left to go. I can hear the clock ticking down...Assignment 3 was completed this weekend, a few days before it was actually due (thank you to Lisa for the peer review!). It's a small assignment describing the conceptual frameworks that we are going to use for researching a specific research
Semester half-point!
Fri, Feb 27 2015 14:55
| cMOOC, criticalPedagogy, dissertation, EDDE802, education, epistemology, MOOC, PhD, research, rMOOC, SocialNetworkAnalysis
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It feels a bit like I've had my nose close to the grind stone for the past few weeks. I looked at my blog to see when was the last time I blogged about class, and it was close to 20 days ago. In semester-terms I think that counts as "forever-ago". To some extent it feels like a great weight has been lifted. The first (of two) major papers is completed and delivered (awaiting
Research: Process, Ethics, Validation, and Technicianship?
Wed, Jan 28 2015 18:14
| #massiveteaching, #moocfail, #remixthediss, #rhizo14, academia, achievement, alt-ac, APLING621, EDDE801, EDDE802, epistemology, ethics, ontology, PhD, ProfDev, professional, research, SLA
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Derby Wharf, Salem, MA - Jan 2015 (Storm: Juno)I am sure that last one is a word I just made up on the spot. It's been a slow week in 802. I was reading Lisa's reflection on Lurking in 802 (she is in last year's cohort, so she is two courses ahead of us in Cohort 7), and how she viewed 802 at the time as a make or break experience for the Ed.D. program. While 801 last semester was a whirlwind
Axiology, Ontology, Epistemology, Researchology...
Thu, Jan 22 2015 06:00
| #rhizo14, EDDE802, epistemology, frameworks, INSDSG697RM, PhD, research
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Alright, I made that last one up (probably). This week (Week 2/14) in EDDE 802 we are tackling knowing, ways of knowing, "valid" knowledge and ways of known, frameworks for research and so on. It's quite a huge topic, and something that even seasoned researchers keep coming back to and analyzing, debating, discussing, and re-evaluating. The prodding question this week to get our mental
Uncertain thoughts on #rhizo14
Mon, Feb 3 2014 18:00
| #rhizo14, career, cMOOC, epistemology, Jobs, knowledge, MOOC, philosophy, work
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So, week 3 is done, week 4 is upon us in #Rhizo14, and the topic for week 4 is undeclared. So, this is a good opportunity to maybe do a summation of last week. However, as I was thinking about this topic I was a bit uncertain on how to proceed. There were many things discussed, and many topics approached in facebook, P2PU and the various blogs. I guess Jenny and I had the same issue
Lurkers, Lurking, Learners, Learning, what is learning?
Thu, Nov 24 2011 11:14
| #change11, connectivism, epistemology, learningTheories, MOOC
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I tried making that rhyme, to come up with a catchy title, but it didn't really work out... Oh well, maybe next time ;-)In any case, in the Research_MOOC Mailing list Alan Selig had an interesting question which I thought I would poke at for a while until I came to an answer (or at least something to add to the discussion)Alan SeligOne final "wonderment" from my limited understanding of Connectivist Learning
Ριζωματική γνώση: πως μεγαλώνει αυτή η ρίζα;
Wed, Nov 9 2011 05:49
| #change11, epistemology, MOOC, Ελληνικά
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Το περασμένο σαββατοκύριακο είδα πως είχαμε μια νέα μονάδα στο Change11, με θέμα την ριζωματική γνώση. Ήθελα να γράψω κάτι περί αυτού (γιατί πάνω κάτω συμφωνώ με αυτή την επιστημολογία αλλά δεν μου ερχόταν να γράψω κάτι, λίγο
Rhizomatic Learning Animation - Pretty cool!
Tue, Nov 8 2011 06:04
| #change11, epistemology, MOOC
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I have to say that this is, hands down, the most cool thing that I've seen a participant do in any MOOC I've ever been! Kudos to Guilia Forsythe!Here is Guilia's Challege:So, I’m issuing a remix challenge. Record some audio for my doodle: using your PC, Mac, mobile, soundcloud, YouTube, etc. (your tool of choice, etc.), while watching the video and post it here for me. Or download the video
Rhizomatic Knowledge initial thoughts
Sun, Nov 6 2011 13:58
| #change11, epistemology, MOOC
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This week's topic in ChangeMOOC is brought to us by Dave Cormier and the topic is Rhizomatic knowledge, rhizome coming from the Greek word for "root." (OK, that's my last "big fat Greek wedding" moment for this blog post :-) )Dave tells us that the idea comes from Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari in their book "a thousand plateaus" and the idea, at least according to Deleuze and Guattari is
Shades of knowing?
Wed, Oct 12 2011 17:24
| #change11, ChangeMOOC, epistemology, MOOC
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Wow, I honestly didn't think that my open pondering about "knowing" would get this traction - but this is the beauty of the massive open course (and heck...perhaps this is a great example of collective learning!)First, Brainy Smurf wrote an interesting post about the process (or perhaps the indicators) which are necessary for him to write a response to something he finds online. I have to
Semantics, Epistemology and Learning
Wed, Apr 6 2011 17:49
| CCK11, epistemology, knowledge, learning, learningTheories, mobiMOOC, semantics
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Another interesting post by Jaap in this week's (final week) of CCK11 made me think.Jaap writes:As a connectivist (CCK11) I do not like the words “acquisition of knowledge”, I like to that to be “connecting to information”.This made me think of the philosophy behind knowledge, how one sees knowledge and information (and ultimately wisdom?), and the semantics behind the words we use. Take for