Blog Special Issues
Independent educational researchers, unaffiliated to higher education institutions, often face great difficulty in gaining ethical approval to carry out their research – which means that the field is missing out on a wealth of valuable studies and evidence.
Arising from a recent ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ event attended by both independent researchers and experts in publishing and the legal aspects of ethics, this series of blogs offers the perspectives of a diverse group of authors on this seemingly perennial problem and how it should be solved.
This special edition of the ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Blog highlights a problem: independent educational researchers are unable to access an ethics panel for approval to carry out research. Approval is necessary for...
What do our children spend their time doing when they put in all those hours studying for big exams? Cognitive psychology tells us that the techniques they choose can have a substantial impact on...
ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ’s Independent Researchers’ Forum’s recent meeting to discuss the challenge of ethical review clearly demonstrated the gap faced by researchers working outside academic institutions....
At the request of the Independent Researchers’ Forum (IRF), ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ recently hosted a vibrant event aimed at independent researchers. The topic, ‘Ethical Issues and gaining ethical approval’,...
During my continuing professional development (CPD) evaluating digital learning in the further education (FE) environment a valuable piece of research emerged, which referenced Laurillard’s...
Ethnography has evolved for digital contexts in the form of netnography – researchers working with data originating from digital imprints of natural, public conversations (Kozinets, 2015). This...
Ethnography has evolved for digital contexts in the form of netnography – researchers working with data originating from digital imprints of natural, public conversations (Kozinets, 2015). This...
Continue reading blog postDuring my continuing professional development (CPD) evaluating digital learning in the further education (FE) environment a valuable piece of research emerged, which referenced Laurillard’s...
Continue reading blog postAt the request of the Independent Researchers’ Forum (IRF), ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ recently hosted a vibrant event aimed at independent researchers. The topic, ‘Ethical Issues and gaining ethical approval’,...
Continue reading blog postºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ’s Independent Researchers’ Forum’s recent meeting to discuss the challenge of ethical review clearly demonstrated the gap faced by researchers working outside academic institutions....
Continue reading blog postWhat do our children spend their time doing when they put in all those hours studying for big exams? Cognitive psychology tells us that the techniques they choose can have a substantial impact on...
Continue reading blog postThis special edition of the ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Blog highlights a problem: independent educational researchers are unable to access an ethics panel for approval to carry out research. Approval is necessary for...
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