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theother66 - Action Research

It's about ACTION
It's about RESEARCH

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theother66 - listening again to Rob Stowell's ideas about how to manage an Action Research project for Assessment for Learning http://bit.ly/3yGTzy #cb-a

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theother66 - Action Research Cycle:

- Identify problem
- Develop action plan
- Collect & analyse & reflect
- Use and share

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theother66 - Plan
- Research question for the project
- What will happen or change?
- Who will be involved? Who will do what and how will you support them?
- What data (evidence) will need to be collected?
- Set Timelines and milestones
- Record and share results
- Plan 'B's' (Risk Management Strategies)

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theother66 - Action
- staying within the scope of the project
- communication strategies are important
- recording and keeping track is very important

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theother66 - Observe:
- Be open about what's happening about the project - take a 'helicopter' view
- regularly seek feedback from stakeholders
- report about the progress

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theother66 - Reflection
- involves a certain amount of professional judgement
- focus on the positives and look for learnings from the negatives (or barriers)
- don't be afraid to change the direction of the project, depending on the needs and the observations of what's happening within the project
- management involvement is critical
- consider the levels of support avaiable to the project - administrative, managerial, project personnel, - your definitely not on your own
- plan for the next cycle of action research, but it is a project, so it will have an 'end'
- consider debriefing after the project and capturing outcomes beyond the life of the project

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theother66 - Judy Forbes is also recording these workshops here: http://bit.ly/3af5Fg

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theother66 - Features which underpin a Research Questions:

- researchable - within our resources
- ethical
- managable
- have a clear problem or issue
- can a collective group achieve it
- relevant to the group involved (collective ownership, pursuation strategies, needs to be relevant to the organisation and have management buy-in)
- interesting to the researcher
- collaboratively developed
- establishing new findings
- based on what you already know about the situation
- is the idea 'novel' or different
- discovery is not about finding something new, but about looking at things with fresh eyes
- produce something which can be shared and disseminated

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theother66 - What do we need to find out?

- Consider what we/the team already know
- Consider how people 'feel' about the project question/idea

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theother66 - Key Questions:
- Who - internal, external, networks
- What - resources and strategies
- Where - processes
- When - timelines
- Why - What's in it for me/others involved
- How - stretching your perceptions, strategies, ways of working

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theother66 - Tips
- quality over quantity - start small, keep it simple,
- collaboration important - be democratic
- celebrate small achievements, victories and outputs
- plan, schedule, do,
- talk to others about your ideas/project - consult widely
- record your journey
- work / life balance -
- team building is essential
- taking risks are important
- learn from mistakes and investigate ways of overcoming barriers

12:46

theother66 - Demo-ing Twitter to VET educators shortly - How does Twitter support your Learning? - pls include #cb-a in your tweets

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clairebrooks - @theother66 #cb-a got to be connected to the right people, unexpected things happen via twitter

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clairebrooks - #cb-a search on #lrnchat can be useful, too.

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marlenemanto - @theother66 Twitter is my 'connection' to others using e-learning, and the 'font of all knowledge' for when I need answers. #cb-a

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AnneBB - @theother66 hi everyone at #cb-a ! Twitter enables us to share & connect beyond the boundaries of institutional learning! Right Allison? ;)

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caroldaunt - @theother66 #cb-a: gives me lots of resources I wouldn't find on my own (thx to colleagues sharing) & a network to answer questions

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theother66 - Thank you everyone for your tweets about how Twitter helps your own learning #cb-a - group were impressed

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