As I am sitting on the plane ready to fly back to New York, after my residential at Lancaster University with time in Edinburgh, by Loch Ness, and Portree on the Isle of Skye (with a drive through the snow!), I am finally able to begin processing my trip. I have blogged less than I [...]
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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  |
Wondering why football (soccer) is not more popular in the US. # Wonder why that guy playing for Bayern is wearing a mask? # Eating in the pub at the Holiday Inn at Glasgow Airport watching football. Seems they are beginning to call it soccer in some locals. Pity. # Just got to the [...] Enjoyed dinner in the restaurant at the #Bosville Hotel in Portree on the Isle of Skye in #Scotland. # Visiting Urquhart Castle on Loch Ness. # Just got the car and no stalling out the standard for me! # About to check out from the hotel and get the car. Hoping the forecasts about [...] Urquhart Castle on Loch Ness Originally uploaded by Jeffrey Keefer Finally made it here! —– Jeffrey Keefer jeffrey@silenceandvoice.com Blog: silenceandvoice.com Twitter: twitter.com/JeffreyKeefer Website: www.jeffreykeefer.com LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/jeffreykeefer [...] Planning to drive to Portree on Skye tomorrow, by way of Loch Ness. I consider this ambitious Scotland. # Enjoying my #Scotland excursion after my residential. Plan to have a long drive away from the snow that is predicted for tomorrow # Having a drink inside Greyfriars Bobby's. Hey, I like the story! # [...] Snow is forecast for higher elevations in the UK on Monday and Tuesday. Concerned about driving to Skye. # Just finished a wonderful walking and history tour of #Edinburgh. Wonderful sunny weather. # About to enjoy a walking tour in #Edinburgh. Beautiful sunny morning. # Powered by Twitter Tools [...] Just arrived in #Edinburgh. # The residential just ended, with a wonderfully unstructured period of time and some general questions to engage us in an excellent debrief. # We are discussing how the supervisor and doctoral student relationship is managed. How do people handle this?!?!?! # We are nearing the end of our cohort [...] Listening to my cohort colleagues discuss their initial research proposal ideas. Fascinating. # Now, the focus is considering the Confirmation Document, which is due in a year and comes after our final 2 content-based modules. # We are watching a video conference (via Skype) of a current doctoral student and what his experience is [...] So, time to present my idea (ready or not) in 15 minutes, so no better time than the present to summarize it. Wonder what my colleagues will think when they see my blog, especially with some of the outdated content? Perhaps they will not notice . . . I really need to focus on the [...] I was up late last night thinking about my research proposal yet again, and have to discuss it later this afternoon. Each time I think I am ready for it, I get a new idea or, better yet, think about something that I thought was clear, but upon further reflection realize it is not as [...] |
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