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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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  • I have been so busy I have hardly had time to think about my paper's acceptance to #SMSociety13. Hope the airfare and hotel are reasonable. 3 hours ago
  • I forgot James Brown was in the Blues Brothers. Can that have been the Godfather of Soul at his most accessible? 3 hours ago
  • Finally got my APple TV working again, and voila, The Blues Brothers! I have not seen that movie since it first came out. 3 hours ago
  • @ColditzJB Glad to help. What you don't see is the exhaustion, empty wallet, or smile of satisfaction. Good luck and congrats early! 3 hours ago
  • Sitting down finally, as it is too dark to do anything else outside. Finally checking Twitter; hope there is still a world there! 4 hours ago
  • The walkway is finally taking shape. Outside and Belgian blocks are my gym this week. http://t.co/eBFYqfAcLQ 7 hours ago
  • How do you stay connected with your discipline? Select a topic for the next #AdjunctChat Tues, May 28, 4:00 EDT. twtpoll.com/o13fr5 11 hours ago
  • Just cut my first stone on my walkway with my Trow & Holden Chisels. http://t.co/kjdLbMHwSZ 11 hours ago
  • I don’t recall the last time I was so physically exhausted. 1 day ago
  • Day 2 of the walkway project, and finally a small section is done enough to walk on http://t.co/00X0Bp2V6B 1 day ago

I Completed My Analysis

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I am happy to say I have just completed the analysis of my data for my doctoral thesis!

Let me clarify what I mean. By analysis, I mean making sense of the 23 interviews I completed by coding them, grouping similar concepts together, and then putting these concepts in a coherent order to present for [...]

Spotlight: Journal Publishing

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This is an interdisciplinary panel session on journal publishing, with Dorothy Becvar, Ron Chenail, Roy Ruckdeschel, Ian Shaw, Harry Torrance, and Donna Mertens.

While I have published a few articles with co-authors, I have not yet published a work with myself as the sole author. I think this will have to be a goal for [...]

Grounded Theory Methodologies for Social Justice Projects

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In the second of the two pre-conference sessions at ICQI, this one by Kathy Charmaz, I am looking forward to understanding grounded theory by one of the known experts in this methodology. She studied with both Strauss and Glaser.

Nice to have intros all the way around, with who people are and what they do. [...]

Focus Groups: Inquiry, Pedagogy, and Praxis

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I am attending a pre-conference workshop at the International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry (ICQI10) on Focus Groups presented by Greg Dimitriadis and George Kamberelis. Nice that we are going around the room and introducing ourselves and mentioning what our experiences are. I mentioned that I am doing some organizational focus group work within an organization, [...]

Preparing for ICQI2010

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I am preparing my 2 paper presentations for the Sixth International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, ICQI2010, and here are their abstracts as listed in the book of abstracts:

Keefer, Jeffrey M., Lancaster University Learning Goals and Personal Learning in Practitioner Autoethnographic Inquiry: A Case Study

Autoethnography is an increasingly used method of inquiry in the [...]

Research Interests for the Residential Next Week

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I am traveling to England on Sunday for my residential at Lancaster University, and the focus this year is on the methodologies and ideas for the upcoming doctoral thesis (doctoral dissertation in the US) that we hope to begin after the next year of coursework.

One of the assignments we have for next week is [...]

QI2010 Abstract #2 Accepted; This One on eLearning

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Quite happy to share the news that the second abstract I submitted for consideration to the 6th International Conference on Qualitative Inquiry was also accepted! I am really looking forward to this conference now!! This one is entitled:

The Design and Initial Development of an eLearning Course to Organize and Frame a Qualitative Research Design: [...]

QI2010 Abstract Accepted: Learning Goals and Personal Learning

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One of the abstracts I submitted for the QI2010 Conference (in May, 2010) was just accepted! Here is the title and abstract:

Learning Goals and Personal Learning in Practitioner Autoethnographic Inquiry: A Case Study

Autoethnography is an increasingly used method of inquiry in the social sciences that focuses upon an experience, or case, in the [...]

The QI2010 Submission Deadline has been Extended

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If you just ran out of time to submit an abstract for the QI2010 (6th International Conference of Qualitative Inquiry), you are in luck — the deadline was just extended to January 15! You can find more information about it here.

Let me know if you plan to submit and / or attend. I already [...]

6th International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry (QI2010) – Abstracts Due!

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In case you are planning to submit an abstract for the 6th International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry (QI2010), time is running out — you have until tomorrow, 12/1! The call for papers / posters / panels and submission guidelines is here, and the actual submissions area is here.

After attending the conference for the first [...]