March « 2009 « Silence and Voice

Educational Researcher / PhD Student (Lancaster University, UK) in E-Research and Technology Enhanced Learning / Adjunct Instructor (NYU & Pace U) / Project Manager (Clinical Education) in New York City.

Interests in educational research influenced by interdisciplinarity, focused on digital identity, doctorateness and the postgraduate experience, threshold concepts and transformative learning in higher education, Internet research, networked learning, technology enhanced learning, distance education, adult and organizational learning, narrative inquiry, and actor-network theory.

My professional work is at JeffreyKeefer.com

Jeffrey’s Twitter Updates for 2009-03-31

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When I got to upstate NY after my trip back from Ireland and the UK, I was shocked to see it snowed today in the Catskills. # Continental fed us well. Drinks, snacks, hot lunch, drinks again, then a sandwich and a final drink service. They are the best! # Arrived in Newark to [...]

Jeffrey’s Twitter Updates for 2009-03-30

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The Continental flight before mine finally left, and my Continental plane just landed. Hope they clean and service it quickly! # I feel odd coming back from Ireland without anything wool. Did see lots of sheep and new lambs, however. # Surprisingly, I think England is cheaper than Ireland for food and drink. What [...]

Jeffrey’s Twitter Updates for 2009-03-29

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The time changed in Ireland this morning, so now back to 5 hours different from New York. #

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Malahide Castle

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I uploaded some photos of Malahide Castle, outside Dublin, which I visited yesterday. Can’t quite imagine what it must have been like for a single family to live in a castle for 800 years, only to lose it to taxes and then finally die out (last month, as a matter of fact).

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Jeffrey’s Twitter Updates for 2009-03-28

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Enjoyed seeing Dublin yesterday a lot more than I thought I would. Saw the National Museum and then a wonderful exhibit on Yeats. #

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Jeffrey’s Twitter Updates for 2009-03-27

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I tried to do some simple initial #autoethnography (without a methods section!) in my Ireland blog post http://tinyurl.com/cj9nwf #

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Planning for Not Planning to See in Ireland

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I am in Ireland now for a few days of vacation with my friend from college, James. I have been here once before, though it was a number of years ago and was for a somewhat short period of time (as if the four full-days I am here now after my trip to Lancaster [...]

Jeffrey’s Twitter Updates for 2009-03-26

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I have a lot of blogging to catch up on and a research project to formulate for Lancaster due in May. UK PhD programs waste no time! # Just arrived in Dublin. My plane was the last one out of the terminal at Manchester. Not even 25% full. Looking forward to a few days [...]

Jeffrey’s Twitter Updates for 2009-03-25

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We are having a Skype-based presentation from somebody in Mexico right now. The world is a smaller place all the time. # Just heard 2 interesting presentations from current PhD students who are doing creative research in technology enhanced learning. # Finally able to connect to the wifi at Lancaster. Would have been able [...]

Lancaster Doctoral Residential, 2009

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Here I am in the middle of my residential in the northwest of England, where I have recently started as a doctoral student studying toward a PhD in E-Research and Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL or ERTEL).

After teaching and learning for so many years, why not focus on the PhD? After all, while [...]