PhD Research Update
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Debbie Baff, a part-time PhD student at Lancaster University, is focusing her research on informal online professional learning networks and their impact on educator engagement and emotional support. After starting her studies in 2017 and completing all required modules, she plans to submit her research proposal and begin data collection amidst the challenges posed by COVID-19. Her work aims to uncover factors that promote participation in online networks and the relationship between these networks and open pedagogical practices.
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- 1. Debbie Baff @debbaff PhD Research Update Debbie Baff GOGN Online Seminar 31 March 2020
- 2. Debbie Baff @debbaff My Story ➔ 25 years + in Higher Education ➔ Part Time Distance Student Self Funded ➔ Modular Programme ➔ Part I Five Modules ➔ Part II Research Proposal and Thesis ➔ Started in 2017 - Completed all modules - Now in Part II PhD Student E-Research in Technology Enhanced Learning Lancaster University
- 3. Debbie Baff @debbaff EDS821 Research Methods in Education and Social Science Exploring the potential for open digital badges within Swansea University EDS822 The Development of Professional Practice Exploring conceptions of the development of a Technology Enhanced Learning Community of Practice (TELCoP) at Swansea University through phenomenography EDS823 Researching Technology Enhanced / Networked Learning, Teaching and Assessment The collective variation in academic staff experience of using online collaborative technologies and understanding of networked learning practices within a research-led institution in the UK EDS825 Interculturality and Globalisation in Technology Enhanced Learning How are online spaces shaped by culture ? An evaluation and analysis of the Swansea Academy of Learning and Teaching Website and Community Blog EDS824 Groups and Communities: Researching the Design of Technology Enhanced / Networked Learning Communities The variation range in staff conceptions of the use of webinar technologies in a ‘traditional’ university in the UK Modules Completed (25,000 Words)
- 4. Debbie Baff @debbaff 2019 ... GOGN Seminar in Galway We had a great time. I talked about submitting my research proposal in May 2019. I wanted to look at why and how people get involved with online communities, why they engage and why they remain engaged. Unfortunately I had to intercalate (suspend) my studies due to several house moves .. ( a long boring story..) I also left my job as a Senior Academic Developer So I said goodbye for a while ...
- 5. Debbie Baff @debbaff 2020 PHD Rebooted I started a new job in September last year working for the Association for Learning Technology as Membership and Professional Development Manager which I absolutely love ! Now that I have been in the role for over six months I am restarting my PhD and revisiting my topic. So it’s time to say hello again ! Membership and Professional Development Manager for ALT
- 6. Debbie Baff @debbaff So now I would like to look at Informal Online Professional Learning Networks (PLN’s) and open pedagogical practice ...
- 7. Debbie Baff @debbaff and explore the benefits (including aspects like emotional support ) that educators gain from involvement with their PLN
- 8. Debbie Baff @debbaff Support in the Literature for this Research ➔ Further research needed to identify factors that encourage participation in informal networks and communities (Macia and Garcia 2016) ➔ More research needed to unpack emotional and affective characteristics of online professional learning communities (Lantz-Andersson 2018) ➔ ‘Exploring relationships between the use of PLN for professional learning and open pedagogical practice may reveal conceptual insights and promote innovative pedagogy’ (Oddone 2019, p314)
- 9. Debbie Baff @debbaff Possible Research Questions 1. What are the factors that encourage participation in Open and Online informal professional learning networks and communities 2. What are the emotional and affective characteristics of online professional learning networks ? 3. What is the relationship between the use of PLN’s and open pedagogical practice ?
- 10. Debbie Baff @debbaff Research Plan ➔ Lived Experiences ➔ Qualitative Methodology ➔ Online Video Interviews ➔ Perhaps Slow Tweet Chat ➔ Identify Participants via my PLN ➔ Covid 19 Impact ?
- 11. Debbie Baff @debbaff Impact of COVID19 ? Is this more crucial now than ever in the light of COVID19 ? Further study is needed ‘to develop a new approach and to determine the effects of new pedagogical methods with respect to social learning around extreme natural events ‘ (Kidman and Chang 2020, p110)
- 12. Debbie Baff @debbaff Milestones 2021 May 2020 Submit Research Proposal for ethics approval July 2020 Start Data Collection December 2020 Aim to have completed data analysis January 2021 Write up 2020
- 13. Debbie Baff @debbaff I’d like some help please ? Practical Advice ?Does this sound like a useful piece of research? Any tips on where to go next ?
- 14. Debbie Baff @debbaff References Macià, M. and García, I., 2016. Informal online communities and networks as a source of teacher professional development: A review. Teaching and teacher education, 55, pp.291-307. Lantz-Andersson, A., Lundin, M. and Selwyn, N., 2018. Twenty years of online teacher communities: A systematic review of formally-organized and informally-developed professional learning groups. Teaching and Teacher Education, 75, pp.302-315. Oddone, K., 2019. Teachers' experience of professional learning through personal learning networks (Doctoral dissertation, Queensland University of Technology).
- 15. Debbie Baff @debbaff Thank you Wish me luck ! Debbie Baff @debbaff https://debbaff.wordpress.com/