Research update #35 – Writing like a proper academic
My writing style in this blog is intended to be conversational and focused on using the act of writing to help me to give form to my ideas. So sometimes it can be insightful and […]
Colin Simpson
Week #5: SOCRMx – moving into analysis
Maybe I simply don’t have enough experience in this area but I have to say that I’m struggling at the moment. I’m still pushing through the MOOC – alongside probably 3 or 4 other people […]
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Research update #34: Learning little things
It’s been way too long since I’ve posted about my research and that’s not great. I seem to be finding a lot of legitimate seeming reasons to do other things – also getting sick – […]
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Week #4 SOCRMx – Reflecting on methods
This week in the Social Research Methods MOOC we take a moment to take a breath and consider the approaches that we currently favour. One of the activities is to reflect in our blog – […]
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Week #3 SOCRMx – Discourse Analysis
When I first stumbled across Foucault in some paper since cast to the depths of my mind, my immediate response was that it was wanky and unhelpful theoretical tosh. I’ll admit that I struggled to […]
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Week #2 SOCRMx – Surveys
Week 2&3 of the EdinburghX Social Research Methods MOOC sees us starting to dig into a couple of methods from a list of about 8. Being a nerd who really wants to get my head […]
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Can I get a method: The EdinburghX SOCRMx Social Research Methods MOOC Week #1
MOOC Week #1 question responses Making a blog post is part of the participation in the MOOC. I’m just going to put my answers here at the top so people don’t need to read the […]
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Research update #33: Making it my own
There’s been something about the updated research questions that I’ve been working with that just hasn’t been sitting right. These are the questions: What strategies do edvisors in HE use to promote understanding of their […]
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Research update #32: ‘Pen’ to paper
Not literally pen to paper clearly because who uses pens for anything other than signing things and as a left-hander the side of my hand dabs onto the still wet ink and turns into a […]
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Research update #31: Commonalities and differences
Coming back to the ever-reliable Pat Thomson list of things to PhD blog about: Things that I have in common with other PhDers We’re all on the same kind of journey and I assume are […]
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