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Jeffrey Keefer

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.

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Jeffrey’s Twitter Updates for 2011-12-31

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@robinyap Thank you; will look forward to seeing your new one! in reply to robinyap # @lynntrinko Agreed; much healthier to reflect and learn and embrace the future than feel constrained by it. in reply to lynntrinko # I tried to summarize my year before I prepare for 2012; how about you? Out with [...]

Out with the Old, or How did we do in 2011?

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As we near the end of 2011, I have to wonder about how the year went. No, I do not mean in the news or the international stage or the weather, but rather where am I now? How did I do? How am I doing now? Perhaps looking back to debrief will help me look [...]

Jeffrey’s Twitter Updates for 2011-12-30

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@tammyYTwong @heidareed Very true, though nice to be reminder of it from time to time. in reply to tammyYTwong # @heidareed Phew! in reply to heidareed # Alas, nothing but problems with #TweetDeck since #Twitter bought it. Goodness, are they becoming like Microsoft or Cisco? # Seems my TweetDeck is not updating. # @aeratcliffe [...]

Jeffrey’s Twitter Updates for 2011-12-29

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Was lovely to stop by and work through this thinking. I have very much missed this. Will have to catch up later. Happy New Year #phdchat # Just noticed that the new Twitter lists real names BEFORE usernames. No wonder I recognize avatars but not names afterward! #phdchat # @jenny_wakefield Can you talk more [...]

Threshold Concepts Conference 2012 Paper Accepted

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I am happy to share that a paper I co-authored for the 4th Biennial Threshold Concepts Conference was just accepted for presentation during the conference in Dublin, Ireland. My co-author, again Gale Parchoma, and I have it tentatively titled The Experience of Interdisciplinarity in Doctoral Research: Threshold Journeys.

This will be an especially exciting [...]

Jeffrey’s Twitter Updates for 2011-12-28

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Now through the rain and wind to home I go. # @aeratcliffe Thanks for the RT, Tony. in reply to aeratcliffe # @lindathestar I like that order – consider where to present and then off to a massage #phdchat in reply to lindathestar # @ai1sa @aeratcliffe Agreed, backing up everything is a good suggestion [...]

Holidays, Time Off, Fairness, Studies, and Self-Confidence

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Have you ever noticed how stressful the winter holidays can be, what with family obligations, spending money, getting off schedule, meeting the expectations of others, and on and on? What about when we see other people who seem to buy or give nicer or more thoughtful gifts, get more time off than we do, or [...]

Jeffrey’s Twitter Updates for 2011-12-27

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@trentmkays FOr what? in reply to trentmkays # Just ordered a few final items I need from @MidwestHomeWine for my initial batch of 2012 wine I am making. Yumm. # @ConsultaGecko Good suggestions. Do you make your papers and such available there? #phdchat in reply to ConsultaGecko # @savasavasava How so? in reply to [...]

Jeffrey’s Twitter Updates for 2011-12-26

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Just saw the remnants of a spectacular sunset. # Nothing like the smell of fresh coffee on a beautiful morning. #

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Jeffrey’s Twitter Updates for 2011-12-25

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Christmas Eve and so few emails and Tweets. Hmmmm # Made another even better batch of mulled wine. Nothing like Christmas. # Drove through some light flurries en route to Syracuse. Now a light coating on everything. #

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