Monthly Archives: August 2015

Today’s writing has been for a conference….I am preparing for the Digital Research in the Humanities and Arts conference  #drha2015 kicking off tomorrow. I am very excited to be presenting and just putting final touches to the presentation for tomorrow! … Continue reading →

I have been writing off-line for a week and things have taken off with some aspects of my thesis. A common question for anyone doing an Educational Doctorate is about implications for professional practice, how will my research influence future … Continue reading →

I am reading more of Michael Eraut’s literature and I have come across a framework (Eraut 2004) that he used in one of his studies…. Eraut (1994) originally built a conceptual framework for studying professional learning within which he identified … Continue reading →

I have been looking after a kitten and when I was reading and reflecting on this paper: Two metaphors for learning and the dangers of choosing just one the kitten kept jumping into my lap and catching the paper with … Continue reading →

This morning I  enjoyed reading an article from Guerin et al titled ‘Blogging as community of practice: lessons for academic development?‘. The article encourages  academic developers to engage in using social networking tools such as blogs to collaborate with others to … Continue reading →

Some info on the bones of my research I am doing qualitative research where I am trying to better understand how higher education professionals use the social networking service Twitter for professional learning. Higher education professionals have many professional responsibilities for … Continue reading →

Today has been an interesting work day, once again I have been discussing getting projects off the ground in DCU. Some of these are influenced by my EdD research. I have proposed developing a programme on ‘Developing your Professional Practice … Continue reading →

My internet went down last night and could not post this, so 2 posts today… I started back to work this week, and while I have loved the social nature of work again, chatting with colleagues about projects to get … Continue reading →

Tools that help my writing Using Grammarly to help spelling and grammar I am not a touch typist and I make lots of mistakes when typing, in this video I talk about how I use the Chrome plugin Grammarly to fix … Continue reading →

Only Day 2 and I am already struggling, so mentally tired after work today* But despite this I have turned on my EdD brain…. In the last week I got feedback from my supervisor on my first draft, followed by … Continue reading →