Colin Simpson

Research update #42: Proposal writing day 6. hmm

edvisor, PhD, writing by Colin Simpson

Yeah this is really going to need a few drafts. The words and the ideas are coming out but it feels less like a review of the literature and more like I’m describing the context […]

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Research update #41: Proposal writing day 5 – barriers to collaboration and the McDonald’s solution

PhD, writing by Colin Simpson

I’m feeling uncertain about the structural advice that I got from one of my supervisors – and also about some of my own decisions. I’d initially thought that there was a lot to say about […]

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Research update #40: Proposal writing day 4: Edvisors and teachers

edvisor, PhD, writing by Colin Simpson

          I really didn’t expect to but I’ve caught up to my schedule. It’s largely because I decided that I needed to write words rather than write well although there is […]

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Research update #39: Proposal writing Day 3: “Rest day” but with some interesting revelations nonetheless

academic developer, edvisor, technologist, TEL edvisors, writing by Colin Simpson

Well it was more a day where I’d made a previous commitment to sit on an interview panel for an Education Technologist position for a friend, followed shortly afterwards by a farewell party for a […]

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Research update #38: Proposal writing Day 2 – more on edvisors, less on edvisors & institutions

academic developer, attitudes, education design, Education Support People, edvisor, PhD, writing by Colin Simpson

I’m kind of just staring at the screen now with 27 different tabs open across two browsers so I guess it’s time to take a mental break at the very least. Going by my schedule, […]

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Research update #37: Proposal writing Day 1 – Edvisors lit review

academic developer, Education Support People, edvisor, Professional staff, TEL edvisors, TELT advisors, writing by Colin Simpson

I’ve booked in two weeks leave from work to get at least a first draft of my thesis proposal together. There’s a loose structure in place and I’m all about just getting the words down […]

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SOCRMx Week #8: The End

Analysis, methodology, mooc, SOCRMx, Uncategorized by Colin Simpson

Well I probably said all that I needed to say on my general feelings about this MOOC in my last post so this is largely for the sake of completion. The final week of this […]

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SOCRMx Week #7: Qualitative analysis

Analysis, methodology, qualitative, quantitative, research by Colin Simpson

I’m nearly at the end of Week #8 in the Social Research Methods MOOC and while I’m still finding it informative, I’ve kind of stopped caring. The lack of community and particularly of engagement from […]

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Research update #36: Playing well with others

academic developer, academics, higher education, reflection, Uncategorized by Colin Simpson

The nature of my research topic, with a focus on the status of professional staff in an academic world, feels risky at times. While I know that academic staff occupy edvisor roles as well, I […]

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Week #6 SOCRMx – Quantitative analysis

Analysis, methodology, mooc, quantitative, SOCRMx by Colin Simpson

This section of the SOCRMx MOOC offers a fair introduction to statistics and the analysis of quantitative date. At least, enough to get a grasp on what is needed to get meaningful data and what […]

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