Research
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Webinar conversation: best places to publish our Open Ed research?
Join this webinar conversation and find out from peers and well published experts how they rate the various publishing avenues. Webinar conversation: June 1st, 10 am London, 7 pm Melbourne (Australia) Recording available…
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Are we Tuko Pamoja (together) in the need for better ideas synthesis tools?
What an incredibly productive time I had in Cape Town recently. Thanks so much to organisers and colleagues. It was great to be in such supportive and inspirational company working to improve the…
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Understanding your PhD as an exam
One of the cliched things that well-meaning people say to PhD students is that it’s important to remember that the PhD is ultimately an exam with specific criteria for passing. These criteria are…
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Notes on surviving a viva
This post originally appeared on my personal blog at http://shiftandrefresh.wordpress.com. Last month, I had my viva – and passed! I have some minor corrections to do, including expanding on certain points and typos,…
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Resources: Thesis Whisperer
I just saw this website and thought it was worth sharing with the GO-GN community. https://thesiswhisperer.com This is a (CC-BY) blog which draws together a lot of resources for PhD student and personal…
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Sustainability and Open Ed Research: The question of post-PhD careers in Open Education
A few days ago I attended the first workshop at my university’s School of Education hosted by our new Associate Dean of Research. The topic was “Building a Foundation for a Program of Research: Navigating…
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Resources: Writing for Research
Writing for Research is a blog that draws together resources intended to help with the process of writing and publishing research. There’s a lot of useful stuff on there. Here’s a sample of…
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OERs and accessibility
Educational technologies have evolved in recent decades, but little attention has been given to ensure that the learning software can survive the rapidly technological changes. ICT (Information and Communications Technology) development has been…
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Writing a PhD in Open Education
This post was written by Dr Kati Clements and originally published on the Open Education Working Group blog. Thinking of doing a PhD in Open Education? Sounds like a good idea, yes?…
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Academics’ ultimate concerns explain motivation for sharing OER
Dr Glenda Cox (right) with her supervisor, A/Prof Cheryl Hodgkinson-Williams on her graduation day (photo credit Glenda Cox). Sukaina Walji, ROER4D Communications Advisor spoke to Dr Glenda Cox, Senior Lecturer at the Centre…