Okay so I’m not always the sharpest tool in the shed. In this graduate program we have some real academic luminaries. I’m not one of them. But I am willing to work hard. And if genius is 99% perspiration then no worries, that’s still an A.
So here’s a quick run-down on action research:
AIM:
The aim of [...]
My blog for Ocean’s 12: Action Research
Part 1: PUBLIC
Before I delve into the details of my action research project, I’d like to decide what action research means in layperson’s terms. Here is a definition by Daniel Selener that almost makes the cut:
Participatory research (a.k.a. action research) is a process through which members of an oppressed [...]
TO DO for EDC 638a
Week 1: July 26-Aug 1 What is action research?
Read: Chapters 1-3 Coghlan & Brannick; (Doing Action Research)
Read: Chapter 1 McNiff, Lomax & Whitehead (Your and Your Action Research Project)
Read: McNiff & Whitehead Parts 1 & 2. (All You Need to Know About Action Research)
for those that are lost… To do [...]
I’m supposed to be taking a week off from Pepperdine MALT but I find that there are many preparations to be made. We are building team roles, completing reading assignments and learning the different educational technologies that we will be using. It feels more like a week of pre-production rather than vacation. In the movie [...]
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If the automobile had followed the same development cycle as the computer, a Rolls-Royce would today cost $100, get a million miles per gallon, and explode once a year, killing everyone inside.
– Robert X. Cringely, InfoWorld magazine
THE PROMISE AND PERILS OF [...]
The process of preparing programs for a digital computer is especially attractive, not only because it can be economically and scientifically rewarding, but also because it [...]
