Methodological Issues And Solutions: Examining Sdl And Vlc In Nfl

Methodological Issues and Solutions

M-ICT 2009, Lisbon Dirk Morrison, University of Saskatchewan Research supported by a grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada

SDL & VLC in NFL  Who am I?

 Member of a research team with….  Dr. Richard Schwier & Dr. Ben Daniel  Jaymie Koroluk & Xing Xu

 Where the #$%@ is

Saskatchewan!?

 Some flat place in Canada

SDL & VLC in NFL  What the #$%@ is SDL, VLC,

NFL!?

 SDL= Self-Directed Learning  VLC= Virtual Learning Communities  NFL= Non-Formal Learning

SDL & VLC in NFL  Program of Research

 4-year SSHRC (Federal) grant  3-phases TT 2nd Life 3M

SDL & VLC in NFL  Context #1: Transforming

Teaching Group

 8 voluntary faculty participants  26 wk blended “course”

 Online transcript, plus interviews

SDL & VLC in NFL  Methodological Issues  1. Volume of categories in VLC

model

 2. Nature of SDL  3. Level of facilitator

participation

SDL & VLC in NFL Methodological Issues  1. Volume

 3 core categories/22 sub-categories, plus qualifiers  Cumbersome, saturation  Granularity conundrum

SDL & VLC in NFL Methodological Issues  2. Nature of SDL

 How do we “do” SDL?  Non-formal to informal spectrum  Nature of “assessment” in SDL/NFL

SDL & VLC in NFL Methodological Issues  3. Level of facilitator

participation  Too much?  Too little?

SDL & VLC in NFL  Methodological Solutions?  1. Volume issue?  2. Nature of SDL issue?  3. Level of facilitator

involvement issue?

Formal VLC