May « 2012 « 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

RT @Joi: Btw, I got a Doctor of Literature - D.Litt from #newschoolgrad, not a PhD 3 hours ago
@manaspuhan Enjoy the time away! 4 hours ago
@andycoverdale Excellent; will hope to finally meet F2F! 4 hours ago
@christiepooh It depends how you define "good." They publish a lot, but are not widely indexed and the costs are $$$ so often unaccessible. 4 hours ago
@saadat_m You planning to submit for #nlc14? 16 hours ago
@klang67 I have attended the previous 2 conferences, and am hoping to make the 2014 one, too. 17 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? 17 hours ago
@Prof_Wandt Wow, until the last moment. Did you get many that late? 17 hours ago
@skirrid @pjrey @pgsimoes @snurb_dot_info @andycoverdale @antoesp @torresk @klang67 You saw the CFP? networkedlearningconference.org.uk/call/themes.htm #nlc14 17 hours ago
@mathiaspoulsen You saw the CFP? networkedlearningconference.org.uk/call/themes.htm #nlc14 17 hours ago

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Jeffrey’s Twitter Updates for 2012-05-31

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Glad I am home tonight with time to finish my course prep, comment on #fslt12 and continue working on my thesis #phdchat # I am finding the focus of the #fslt12 mooc useful in rethinking my own course prep http://t.co/AXm0i0Rz # Behind in #fslt12 reading for today; too busy preparing for my own first [...]

How can I “Acknowledge the Opposite” when Preparing to Teach? #fslt12

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As I am putting the final tweaks in my preparation for my 3-hour on-campus session of my Pace University course, NURS 840: Teaching and Learning in Advanced Practice Nursing, I am again pausing for a moment to explore and further develop my COWIL model (Consider the Opposite of What I Like) to better meet the [...]

Jeffrey’s Twitter Updates for 2012-05-30

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Considering informally using Twitter in my upcoming course. Anybody have any creative HE / postgrad experiences of it? #phdchat #fslt12 # The heat and humidity, coupled with being back in the office, nearly did me in today. #

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Jeffrey’s Twitter Updates for 2012-05-29

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Happy 10th Anniversary @pairNIC – Domain Name Registration for Smart People – http://t.co/nw2pJ1xE #pairNIC # @creativeducator and for those being assessed, there is more information about its submission here http://t.co/aN7bFrTn #fslt12 in reply to creativeducator # @creativeducator Sure – the assignment is detailed here http://t.co/btSa30l7 #fslt12 in reply to creativeducator # @creativeducator Sure; my [...]

Using Reflective Practice to Plan for Friday’s Class (via #COWIL and #ANT for #fslt12)

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This Friday is the first of my five on-campus sessions for my course at Pace University, NURS 840: Teaching and Learning in Advanced Practice Nursing, so there is no better time than the present to further develop the COWIL (Consider the Opposite of What I Like) model I started to develop in my post yesterday [...]

Jeffrey’s Twitter Updates for 2012-05-28

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Did lots of coding and analysis today. Can barely read anymore. Enough for the night, and now time for dinner and overdue wine #phdchat # Time to return to coding and analysis #phdchat # @tryberg At least you enjoyed the day. in reply to tryberg # @EleniZazani @jennymackness Indeed, Jenny's thoughts are excellent #fslt12 [...]

Reflective Teaching and Learning via COWIL

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As I started in my post on Friday, Initial Musings on Reflective Practice for #fslt12, I have been thinking about the elements of the UK Professional Standards Framework for teaching and supporting learning in higher education 2011 as per our first assignment for the First Steps into Learning and Teaching in Higher Education mooc.

Jeffrey’s Twitter Updates for 2012-05-27

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@EleniZazani Looks great! Will comment away on the blog post. BTW, how did you make those really cool headings? #fslt12 in reply to EleniZazani # I am now finished with my #phd research for the evening. Time to catch up with some email and Tweets and #phchat and #fslt12 # RT @torresk @TweetSmarter: 10 [...]

Initial Musings on Reflective Practice for #fslt12

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Now that we are in our first week for of the First Steps into Learning and Teaching in Higher Education mooc (massive open online course), we find ourselves focused on the topic of reflective practice.

Needless to say I have been reflecting on what to write here all week. Here it is Friday, and still [...]

Jeffrey’s Twitter Updates for 2012-05-25

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@sarahthesheepu At least that is a good ending of it. in reply to sarahthesheepu # @bronwynah Can you explain this a little? in reply to bronwynah # @damagedidentity Perhaps ask them why they seem so threatened #phdchat in reply to damagedidentity # @damagedidentity Is it wrong to be called those things? #phdchat in reply [...]