July « 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

@saadat_m You planning to submit for #nlc14? 4 hours ago
@klang67 I have attended the previous 2 conferences, and am hoping to make the 2014 one, too. 5 hours ago
@Prof_Wandt When you tweet w/ your classes, do you use tags to differentiate between them? Do you use this account only for current classes? 5 hours ago
@Prof_Wandt Wow, until the last moment. Did you get many that late? 5 hours ago
@skirrid @pjrey @pgsimoes @snurb_dot_info @andycoverdale @antoesp @torresk @klang67 You saw the CFP? networkedlearningconference.org.uk/call/themes.htm #nlc14 5 hours ago
@mathiaspoulsen You saw the CFP? networkedlearningconference.org.uk/call/themes.htm #nlc14 5 hours ago
@druid_cat Thanks, and the best for today! 5 hours ago
Select a topic for Tuesday's #AdjunctChat twtpoll.com/o13fr5 5 hours ago
Excellent! MT @JaneBozarth RT @JudithELS: Good advice: 6 Tips for Using Social Media to Stay Up-to-Date on e-Learning tinyurl.com/q8q6o6w 6 hours ago
@NancyReyesNYC BTW, my paper was accepted for #SMSociety13; you should attend! 6 hours ago

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Jeffrey’s Twitter Updates for 2009-07-31

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RT @howen: E-portfolios blog http://bit.ly/Ukiw9 #twine # Had wonderful drinks and eats with @betsyweber. The Jane Street Hotel is amazing inside; felt transported. #

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Participant Requests and Next Steps

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I sent emails to two qualitative email discussion lists that I have found helpful before, namely the Autoethnography Yahoo Group and the Qualitative Research for the Human Sciences (QUALRS-L) listserv, to request autoethnographer participants for my research. Thankfully, several people stepped forward to offer to help. I wonder if this is something particular to autoethnographers [...]

Jeffrey’s Twitter Updates for 2009-07-30

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I need to interview 2 autoethnographers for my research project http://tinyurl.com/nbvldz, and any help finding participants is appreciated. # The Chateauneuf went down smoothly last night; it was the Cointreau digestif that did me in. # Time to get off to the office. Hmm, an alliteration. Have not thought of those in some time. [...]

Autoethnography Researcher ~ Interview Request

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I am working on a short research project for my PhD course of study at Lancaster University (UK), and am looking for 2 people who have engaged in autoethnographic research to be interviewed (for approximately 30 minutes via phone or Skype) to discuss their experiences or lack of experiences of being a member of or [...]

Jeffrey’s Twitter Updates for 2009-07-29

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About to begin class. # Finished the focus group. Completely drained. #

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WordPress for the BlackBerry

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Just learned that there is active testing of a WordPress app for the BlackBerry. While this is still not ready for prime time (it is not WYSIWYG!!!), it has taken more years for this to happen than I would have expected.

Perhaps some news is good news?

Threshold Concepts and Troublesome Knowledge

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One of my tutors at Lancaster University recommended I read some of the work of Ray Land, a graduate of my department who does work with Threshold Concepts and Troublesome Knowledge. Seems this may be similar to Mezirow’s Transformative Learning theory.

Will have to investigate more, as there may be some nice impact with [...]

Jeffrey’s Twitter Updates for 2009-07-28

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Just saw a bus with an electronic billboard on the side rather than a static poster. Engaging but distracting revenue source. # Huge peel of thunder outside; sounded like an explosion. #

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Jeffrey’s Twitter Updates for 2009-07-27

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Ordered a pepperoni calzone at Two Boots. That and a little wine, and a nice, quiet evening home with the pugs. # Horrible storms in Manhattan. Drove through severe rain. Saw lightning strikes and 3 rainbows. # Correcting some papers. Drizzle outside, so no lawn mowing this weekend. #

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Writing: A Method of Inquiry

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I am reading Laurel Richardson’s (2000) article Writing: A Method of Inquiry, in the 2nd Edition of the Denzin and Lincoln Handbook of Qualitative Research.

It has been some time since I read this, and is the first reread since I met her when she facilitated a session at the 5th International Qualitative Congress. Her [...]