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The ‘SOCRMx News‘ is the blog aggregator for the Introduction to Social Research Methods MOOC from the University of Edinburgh on the edX platform.

SAD Free Community: A fight against smoking, alcohol and drugs

Are you a victim of smoking, alcohol, and drugs in your community? Do you want to live a healthy lifestyle? Do you have a family member, relative suffering from the effects of smoking, alcoholism and drug abuse? This is your … Read the rest

Posted on February 25, 2018Author My Social SketchCategories #SOCRMx, Health, Social IssuesTags #SOCRMx

Game Review: Horizon Zero Dawn

I am Aloy a six and a half-year-old girl and an outcast. At the beginning of the game I get lost and find some sort of electronic device, people from the community do not talk to me because I am … Read the rest

Posted on February 24, 2018Author SkayeCategories #SOCRMx, Game-based learning, MSc Digital EducationTags #SOCRMx

MOOC Assignment Week 8 – The Final One!

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Posted on February 24, 2018Author welcome to the circusCategories #SOCRMxTags #SOCRMx

Reflection: Bad Survey Questions

First of all, this questionnaire doesn’t include an introduction about the purpose of this survey. Generally, the participants will be confused about why the questions are structured and what they are for.

  1. Which subject did you enjoy the most at
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Posted on February 24, 2018Author Yu Lun WuCategories #SOCRMxTags #SOCRMx

Week 7

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Posted on February 22, 2018Author welcome to the circusCategories #SOCRMxTags #SOCRMx

Big Yellow Ignorage

For my foray into ethnography I decided to study a relatively
new phenomenon, which I should qualify to the UK, – the rise of the specialist
storage unit. These facilities have sprung up all over the country over the
last … Read the rest

Posted on February 21, 2018Author SOCRM BlogCategories #SOCRMxTags #SOCRMx

Lies!

So this is my misleading infographic (https://eavi.eu/lies-damned-lies-statistics-data-literacy-primer/)

It is misleading because it is trying to represent a 50/50 split, yet the bar is clearly more heavily weighted toward yes than no.  Obvious fix is to put the line … Read the rest

Posted on February 21, 2018Author welcome to the circusCategories #SOCRMxTags #SOCRMx

Me and Research!

  • What kind of topics are you interested in researching?

I’m really keen on education and educational research

  • What initial research questions might be starting to emerge for you?

how we can make learning to action not only knowledge

  • What are
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Posted on February 19, 2018Author Payam BahrampoorCategories #SOCRMx, educationTags #SOCRMx

Starting to think…

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What kind of topics are you interested in
researching?

I have a specific interest in researching an approach to digital course
design. A significant part of my work takes place within the safety critical environment
of the UK rail … Read the rest

Posted on February 17, 2018Author SOCRM BlogCategories #SOCRMxTags #SOCRMx

Expanding Horizons: Grounded Theory

This has been a revelation. I (again) realise the truth in the adage “I don’t know what I don’t know.” I realise my narrow-minded assumption that research is about constructing theory, designing experiments to test that theory, collecting data, analysing … Read the rest

Posted on February 17, 2018Author SOCRM BlogCategories #SOCRMxTags #SOCRMx

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