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DEBBIE BAFF
8th Global OER Graduate Network (GO-GN) Seminar / OER19
April 2019
Galway, Ireland
PhD Candidate
@debbaff Debbie Baff

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WHO AM I ?
Senior Academic Developer
Higher Education +20 years
Open Education Advocate
PartTime Online and Distance
Learner +20 years
SecretWeather Presenter
Wannabe
@debbaff Debbie Baff

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PHD E RESEARCH &TECHNOLOGY ENHANCED
LEARNING
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MODULAR PHD PROGRAMME
Modules 1 - 5 Completed
25,000 Words Done
Module 6 Research Proposal …
May 2019
Draft Thesis Submission
Dec 2020
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MY IDEA
Early Days
Still working on it …
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MY ONLINE COMMUNITIES
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Why and how do people get
involved with online communities ?
How do they engage?
Why do they remain engaged ?

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RQ1 WHAT ARE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF EACH
ONLINE COMMUNITY ?
RQ2 HOW DO DIFFERENT INDIVIDUALS PARTICIPATE
IN THOSE ONLINE COMMUNITIES ?
RQ3 WHY DO PEOPLE PARTICIPATE AND SUSTAIN
THEIR ENGAGEMENT IN THOSE ONLINE
COMMUNITIES ?
SOME TENTATIVE RQ’S …
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“Let’s look
at all my online
communities to find out says I…”

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TOO AMBITIOUS ?
‘To try and do all your communities would be far too ambitions … ‘ Debs Supervisor
@debbaff Debbie Baff

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SO CONSIDER TWO CASE
STUDIES ?
Unit of Analysis Individuals
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METHODOLOGY
Maybe a
Survey ?
In depth Semi
Structured
Interviews ?

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HELP
WANTED …
These Communities ?
Theoretical Framework
Community of Inquiry ?
Method ?
Participants ? ?
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PROGRESS
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Refine & Submit Proposal by May
Ethics and Approval
Thesis Submission Dec 2020

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ISSUES
Difficult to narrow down focus
Is it worthwhile ?
Imposter Syndrome
ButterflyWings
The SoWhat Question ?

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OPEN RESEARCH -WHAT IT
MEANSTO ME ?
Open
Practitioner
Open
Values
Way of
Being

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@debbaff Debbie Baff

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THANKYOU
Please get in touch 
@debbaff Debbie Baff