Next week sees the launch of new research into hybrid working, a new report commissioned by the National Digital Leadership Network in Ireland. Global Trends Towards Flexible, Hybrid Working and its Impact for Digital Leadership in Higher Education This strategic report will focus on the global trend towards flexible, hybrid working and its impact for Digital Leadership in Higher Education in Ireland and beyond. We examine the wider implications of hybrid learning and working for…
Category: Research
Messy metrics and beyond: strategy & practice in measuring impact of research in Learning Technology
Messy metrics and beyond: strategy & practice in measuring impact of research in Learning Technology
The titles of the posts in this series are getting longer and longer so it will soon be time to wrap it up. Here is where I am up to with this project: Post 1: Researching alternative ways of measuring impact in Learning Technology Post 2: Which direction to take… researching alternative ways of measuring impact in Learning Technology Post 3: The quality of metrics matters: looking ahead to #EdTechIE18 I started with reviewing recently…
I am really looking forward to taking part in ILTA’s upcoming conference, TEL Quality Matters – People, Policies and Practices, 31 May – 1 June at IT Carlow. You can see the full programme here http://programme.exordo.com/edtech2018/ . Working with ALT’s new strategic working group for the development of the Open Access journal Research in Learning Technology, I have been working on understanding more about alternatives to the established Impact Factor for independent Open Access journals generally and…
This is the second post about my current work on researching alternative ways of measuring impact in Learning Technology. Go back to the first post in which I have set out the context of my work and what I am particularly focused on. Alongside the practical work with the ALT Journal Strategic Working Group, I am pleased that my proposal of a short session ‘The quality of metrics matters: how we measure the impact of research…
Last year I worked on finding a sustainable new home for the Open Access journal Research in Learning Technology. As part of my work for ALT, this was the third transition I have worked on since 2008 and during this period I have contributed to the thinking around Open Access publishing in Learning Technology, often through ALT’s contribution to initiatives such as the 2012/3 ‘Gold Open Access Project‘. This year I will be working with…
For over ten years I’ve been working in Learning Technology, but before then I spent five years doing research as an Anthropologist. I wrote a thesis about cemeteries and more specifically about the contested nature of cemeteries as cultural and material spaces. I often get asked what the link is between my work in Anthropology and Learning Technology and for me there are many. One of the strongest is that in both cases what I…