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Research Methods 515: Assignment#2

Description of Action Research, A Qualitative study and An Examination of both with Respect to the Researcher, the Research, the Researched and the Reader. “Shenandoah River State Park”by vastateparksstaff is licensed under CC BY 2.0 “Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both …” (R, Frost , Foundation, 2019) Read more about Research Methods 515: Assignment#2[…]

Knowledge is Power: “Scientia Est Potentia (1A:Week 2)

Reflection on the use of social media, video, animation, research methods and literature reviews through a discussion and analysis of, “Public comment sentiment on educational videos: Understanding the effects of presenter gender, video format, threading, and moderation on YouTube TED talk comments”. Veletsianos, G., Kimmons, R., Larsen, R., Dousay, T. A., & Lowenthal, P. R. Read more about Knowledge is Power: “Scientia Est Potentia (1A:Week 2)[…]

Social Media as a Professional Learning Tool

Today we had the pleasure of two guest speakers who shared their experiences with using social media as a professional learning tool and as a way to connect with other educators. An avoider of many forms of social media, I recently resurrected my Twitter account and have decided to to do some of my own Read more about Social Media as a Professional Learning Tool[…]

Putting an End to the Never-Ending Debate

Two articles read this week in class appear to show opposing points of view; two different styles of teaching.  Both are correct and both are incorrect as neither article gives the reader a clear understanding of the whole.  The meaning I pulled from the articles was that both styles of teaching are valid and necessary. Read more about Putting an End to the Never-Ending Debate[…]

Writing to Extend Thinking

My past experiences with research methods focused primarily on one of two types: qualitative and quantitative. Curious to explore new ideas, it was with much interest that I read through two research articles that introduced me to a specific type of qualitative research (autoethnography) and to a research tool (the research diary). Both articles presented Read more about Writing to Extend Thinking[…]