I choose to listen to the following responses:
Team 1: Darren, Jess, Giulia, Rebecca – “How do we affect change at a policy level?”
- It is vital that we foster relationships with people that have the authority to make the changes we see at the ground level.
- Every organization has its own priorities in regards to its policies, people, and hierarchy of needs.
- Needs-informed practice and data driven changes are key.
Team 2: me, Bart, Megan, Michael – “What are three EdTech-related topics that you think will become mainstream over the next three years?”
Veletsianos (2022b) spoke about 3 topics that will drive changes in educational technology.
- Mental health – This is so important!
2. Re-evaluating existing research on online teaching and learning – Constantly changing and morphing into something new.
3. Researching challenges on equality, diversity, inclusion, and Indigenous issues – The indigenous issue is the one that is most important to me as we have not yet scratched the surface. In my view, many schools and school districts, including higher education, have not done nearly enough to embrace First Nations Ways of Knowing.
Team 5: Michal, Edward, Shazia – “Now that you are an experienced researcher, what advice would you give your younger self about conducting research?”
Veletsianos (2022c) said that the first piece of advice he would have given himself if he could was to read a lot! Find your passion, your interest, and read. It could be K-12, higher ed, a certain digital platform, an assessment practice or a teaching practice, but just read up on it. Reading broadly allows us to make connections between our interests/passions and what else is going on in the world.
Who are the education influencers? Is a question he posed that I hadn’t thought of.
Keep notes – ideas, suggestions, key topics, etc. – I struggle with this, I have notes everywhere both digital and on paper.
Learn how to use a graphic manager tool; I think he means Mendeley or Zotero. I started out with Zotero but was convinced to use Mendeley. I also use Liquid Text; this is an app that I discovers in the App Store (OS and iOS). It is amazing! Expensive, but amazing. You can download from your Mendeley account and then write on the document, clip out certain parts, highlight sections, compare two or more articles at the same time.
Research is not about finding flaws but to synthesize information; finding new ideas from research and combine ideas into something new.
References
Veletsianos, G. (Executive Producer). (2022a). Team 1. [Audio Podcast]. https://www.dropbox.com/s/nixczg5texj1fba/team1.mp3?dl=0
Veletsianos, G. (Executive Producer). (2022b). Team 2. [Audio Podcast]. https://www.dropbox.com/s/50f3rb56d9k07la/team2.mp3?dl=0
Veletsianos, G. (Executive Producer). (2022e). Team 5. [Audio Podcast]. https://www.dropbox.com/s/728rygem4qdftmn/team5.mp3?dl=0
Great post Marion. I’ll have to check out the “liquid text”-sound very useful!