4.1 Challenges for disabled students

As asked in this activity, I have made a list of activities that might be challenging for students who have disabilities. As asked in the coursenotes, each activity is tentatively matched with the students who might find each of the activities challenging. Yet such matching may not be so straight forward and such a list […]

Rumbling

This week has been enlighting for me. Pre H810 I didn’t stop much to think about the disability and accessibility issues and their influence in an educational setting. My current perception is that society in general need to ingrain a feeling that accessibility is a must, it is a right. Locally, things are moving in […]

3.1 Models of disability

Disability means, ‘a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of the major life activities of a person.’ (Equal Opportunities act, Malta, 2000) medical model – disabled people are seen as the problem. They need to change and adapt to circumstances (if they can), and there is no suggestion that society needs […]

H810 – The end is near

Starting H810, the final module in my MAODE journey. Yesterday I read through the module course and it looks pretty interesting. First reaction is that it looks like I’ll be delving in a new area which am not sure how I will be relating to my work experience as in Malta online learning is still […]

Activity 16.1: Investigating research proposals

Skimming through various guidelines, the structure of research proposals all have similar layouts where variations typically are found across disciplines. In educational research the following is an initial attempt of highlighting main sections such proposals contain; Introduction – specifying main objectives of the research and the research questions which will be investigated. Literature review – […]

12.1: Reading 13: Davies and Graff (2005) read and critique this paper

a) Introduction Quoting other studies, should include mentioning what context that particular study has been done. What level of students is being discussed? primary, secondary, post-secondary, teritiary students? Should Introduction focus so much on literature? Should discussion of literature be done in the following section (research design)? Such discussion could help authors construct and justify […]

11.8 Validity

In course material, Woodley and Aczel (2011) urge readers to distinguish between validity and reliability. Reliability is about whether the research can consistently obtain the same results using different methods. Validity is about whether the methods being used are actually giving the researchers what they claim such methods do. Campbell & Stanley (1963) stress that […]

Block 3

TMA 02 TMA02 was somewhat of a rough ride. Looking back at the process I passed through, I think that the assignment question was somewhat open to interpretation. This contrasted with the other OU assignments I have done so far which normally give a clear indication of what the course team are looking for. I […]

7.6 – 7.7 – Reading 7 Jones and Preece (2006)

This paper presents a framework that supports the analysis, development and maintenance of online and blended communities. This framework is used on two types of communities to ‘help reveal differences and similarities between them’. Online communities are defined as ‘ a group of people who come together for a particular purpose or to satisfy particular […]

H808

So H808 results are out and I have got a pass. I was surprised as although I have found this unit the most tough both due to the course contents and also due to peripheral matters, I managed to get a better result than that obtained in other MAODE units. Surely I have got a […]