During this course, I have learned about various topics affecting research in today’s world including should research be shared. This topic is not as simple as it seems as there are copyright and economic barriers to sharing of research. One of the most interesting articles I read on this topic was Should You Share Your… Read More Sharing Research in the Digital Era

Reading Luis Suarez’ blog ” Giving Up Control in the Era of Open Business” really made me think about the concept of open access not just with the Entertainment Industry but open access across the board in different industries and within academics. Suarez describes the concept of “Trojan Mice” which are “people who can disrupt… Read More Open Access

Since my post on why blog, I’ve been doing further research on the whole “art of blogging”. I know that academically blogs are used for reflections but what else? And do businesses use blogs very often. As one of our assigned readings for this course was entitled “Blogging: The Remediation of Academic and Business Communication… Read More Blogging: An Academic and Business Tool

I have to admit, blogging is not my thing. Before this course, I had never blogged before nor had I read any other blogs. The only reason I signed up for a blog is that it was a requirement of this course. In order for me to blog, I needed to do some research on… Read More Why Blog?

Research Questions In my professional life, I do not formulate research questions. When I do research, I conduct quantitative and qualitative research mainly using data that is readily available to me. In our second team assignment, the team was asked to investigate an issue from different traditions. To even begin this assignment, I needed to… Read More Research Questions

These two introductory weeks of our course have been very busy – getting started, meeting our team members and completing our first assignments. One of the very first topics we explored was the concept of Cultures of Inquiry including the concepts and traditions in research. We focused on 10 cultures of inquiry – ethnography, quantitative… Read More Mindful Inquiry

Hello The purpose of my blog is to share my journey in completing a Master’s Program. My first blogs will be for the Introduction to Research course.