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Category Archives: blogging
our paper on academic blogging: using powerpoint as a planning tool
Thesis Whisperer and I have been researching for a paper we are giving at a forthcoming conference. it’s about academic blogging and you can read our initial abstract here. We divided the researching task into two and Inger ‘found’ and … Continue reading
focusing in on blogging literatures part two – #acwrimo work in progress
This is the sixth post about the literature review I am doing about academic blogging for a paper/project with Thesis Whisperer. I’m working to a short time frame, and using a three-stage approach – scoping, mapping and focusing in. I … Continue reading
Posted in academic blogging, acwrimo, blogging, blogging taxonomy, focusing in, interpretation, scoping
Tagged academic blogging, focusing in, literature review, Pat Thomson
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stepping back to focus in – literature review stage three. #acwrimo work in progress
The title of this post – and of this stage of the literature review – might sound confusing. How can you both step back and focus in? Well I want you to imagine that you’re in an art gallery. If … Continue reading
mapping the literatures – noting. #acwrimo work in progress
I have been asked many times to talk about my own noting practices. So now seems like as good a time as any. What do my notes look like for this literatures work? The caveat I must make here is … Continue reading
#acwrimo work in progress: blogging a paper on blogging
Thesis Whisperer, Inger Mewburn, and Patter, that’s me Pat, are writing a paper for a conference to be held in December. We’ve decided to blog our process as part of our #acwrimo commitment. We put an abstract together as a … Continue reading
why bother blogging?
Alice Bell, who blogs as through the looking glass, is currently doing some research on academic blogging She’s focusing particularly on people who blog about education. This post is a response to her questions. I won’t repeat the questions here … Continue reading
time – can you ever really manage it?
A little while back, patter and thesis whisperer, inger mewburn, co-wrote a post on writing which we wanted to ‘simulcast’ on each of our blogs. Writing this first post was surprisingly easy given all the technology at our disposal. We … Continue reading
Posted in blogging, distance, time, travel
Tagged academic work, distance, Pat Thomson, Thesis Whisperer, time
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