E. Alana James

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How do you define the difference between method and methodology?

I have been reading journals today that hinge on methodological experience. I find that many authors use these two terms differently. I look forward to reading the words as we tease out the...

06 June 2015 2,788 2 View

Anyone know of examples of technology enhanced solutions being used in post graduate studies ?

I'm in the midst of an environmental scan of ed tech or technology enhanced solutions as they are used in higher ed processes. On a related tack I am looking for technology as it is used to...

11 November 2014 7,234 0 View

Does PhD Completion Matter to or in your university? How do you know?

I was challenged by a businessman in Cork Ireland that PhD Completion did not really matter - not to our universities enough they would change the way they set up the degree, nor to the professors...

10 October 2014 301 1 View

What stands in the way of universities testing new technological solutions to issues in higher ed?

It is our theoretical position that slow PhD or other types of doctoral completion hinge on higher educations' sole reliance on the apprenticeship model for supervisory support. Universities...

10 October 2014 1,666 0 View

Where have you seen the biggest growth in doctoral programs? Where do you think will be the next big push or growth of interest?

DoctoralNet Ltd will soon be taking application for professorial consultants to work with students as they design their research and write it up - we want to ensure that we "have all the bases...

08 August 2013 717 2 View

For Higher ED: How are we changing to prepare our phds for the world they enter?

Widely, research reports and many agree that full time positions are a thing of the soon to be academic past - have you seen or do you recommend changes in the PHD preparation for this new...

01 January 2013 2,942 9 View

Have YOU, or anyone you know, ever taken a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC)? Are they the future of education?

Let's discuss the cracks in higher education. Have you seen or experienced any of these: http://www.udacity.com/, https://www.canvas.net/, https://www.coursera.org/, https://www.edx.org/? Are...

12 December 2012 6,751 36 View

A question for everyone who supervises doctoral research - all topics: What do you see as ther two or three most common errors students make?

This question applies to all students- whether working on a dissertation or thesis, whether following the model most common in the US or that implemented in most of the rest of the world. Also I...

10 October 2012 336 93 View