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blogs as research tools ? copyright or copyleft ?
A final paper for today The final article I read made a number of connections to important parts of my academic life these days. Mortensen, T. and Walker J. (2002) .Blogging thoughts: personal...
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Jill Walker of jill/txt and co-author of Blogging Thoughts with Torill Morensen –commented on previously, provides the following annotated list of research oriented weblogs. You can access the...
View ArticleReadings week of oct.3-2005
Readings this week (up to Oct. 3, 2005) I will comment on certain but not all. I read lots of qualitative research material this week to counter balance the feeling of dry boredom I get when I plough...
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On pattern recognition, networks & theories
I was thinking of George Siemens connectivism theory “The ability to recognize and adjust to pattern shifts is a key learning task.” when I came across the comic strip that follows. Mejias, the author...
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Expansive learning & Actor Network Theories
I recently read : (2001) Expansive Learning at Work: toward an activity theoretical reconceptualization. Professor Yrjö Engeström is head of the Activity Theory Research Centre in Helsinki. His (2001)...
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Aesthetic data display
In one of my research tutorials we were examining Tufte’s Visual Display of Quantitative Data. Later I came across these computer generated graphics, some of which are of stunning visual beauty. See...
View Articleaffect in cognition
When I wrote about the definition of academic being outdated (detached and therefore skewed towards positivism) and explained that my understanding of academic studies was one that considered...
View Article“Décalage”
Much of what I do these days seems to be on a 4 to 6 week delay schedule, when the rest of life is 4 weeks ahead. Hmm! In french we call this ‘décalage’, a feeling of being out of step or out of sync...
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Tracing Identity
My interest in identity is long standing. My foray into the world of psychotherapy and fine arts was in fact a way to delve into identities. What makes someone who he is, is a fascinating puzzle that...
View ArticleQuality as ‘genre’
‘Quality is a genre’ can be said of all media [...] But quality is another matter all together. It’s a niche, not a value. Goodbye Kant. Unlike what most people believe, quality is not a subjective,...
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