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Call for Papers - Digital Methodologies in Educational Research. 16-17th May 2013.

Venue: Brockholes Conference Centre in Preston, UK: http://www.brockholes.org/
Invited Speakers: Professor Martin Weller (The Open University, UK) and Stephen Downes (National Research Council, Canada)
Call for papers: 1st December 2012 - 28th February 2013
Abstract submissions to: Dr Michael Thomas (MThomas4@uclan.ac.uk)

Call for Papers
The purpose of this two-day symposium is to develop and support digitally-enabled research across the field of education. By providing a forum for the discussion of digital approaches, the event will enable the exchange of methodologies, ideas, expertise and knowledge and present educational researchers, practitioners and doctoral students with opportunities to develop new networks and share good practice. The use of new digital research methodologies in education is rapidly developing in quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods approaches. Across education digital methods are being used to address new practices related to the changing landscape of research collaboration, observation, analysis and dissemination. As a result of Web 2.0 technologies, educational researchers are also increasingly turning to new approaches to research computer-mediated communication, involving social media, social networks and virtual immersive environments. The symposium will address the key issues related to the Digital Social Research Strategy, particularly in relation to the challenges posed by data collection and analysis in the digital age, including trust and quality, interoperability and data preservation in an educational context. The event is aimed at established as well as early career researchers and postgraduate students.
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backchan.nl -- open source to involve the audience

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Terry Elliott:

"The MIT Media Lab has developed an open source backchannel that would be ideal for the classroom for learners who are for whatever reason unwilling to raise their hands and their voices. […] This tool is easy to set up.  You can ask questions, make comments, add links or vote up or vote down a comment. "

 

Shona Whyte:

The link has more information about this open source tool, with advice on how to use it during a talk (or preferably a series of talks).  Good connectivity and power for laptops are required, and a dedicated display recommended, taking a little of the shine off for my regular teaching contexts.


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Shaz J's comment, July 31, 2012 9:11 AM
Hi Shona. At the moment I'm teaching English to primary school teachers, with no fancy technology inside the classroom. Each class is around 15 students.
I find these backchannel tools really interesting, though they are more defined to a lecture context. In Stannard's TTV about Today's Meet I quite liked his idea of groupwork class feedback, but your reservations about connectivity are echoed in my case.
Have you used these tools in your context?
Shona Whyte's comment, July 31, 2012 3:15 PM
Hi Shaz, I agree the backchannel is more suited to older learners and bigger groups. I haven't tried any yet, but am planning to have a go with Mentimeter à la rentrée, since my students mostly have smartphones.
Shaz J's comment, July 31, 2012 3:20 PM
Well, if you have a moment in a few months to report back with some feedback on your experiences or any thoughts, that would be great. Best of luck with it!
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Mentimeter

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"Interact with your audience - Free of charge and without registration!"

Elisabeth Wulff Sahlén teaches English in Sweden:

"Here's something I have to share. This term I've been working with http://mentimeter.com/ which is a free online audience response system. You create your polls online and students use their cell phones to answer. Very easy to use and students got really engaged."

 

Praise and walk-through from Nik Peachey http://bit.ly/MKntkT

 

 

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TodaysMeet: Russell Stannard

A video tutorial for TodaysMeet, an online platform which allows teachers or presenters to collect and display audience contributions or comments via a specific URL.

 

Presumably wifi access or smartphones are required, but Russell Stannard gives a number of examples of pedagogical use of this tool.

 

Try it here: http://todaysmeet.com

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