Tag: writing retreat
-
Beach in Gordon’s Bay
I’ve been taking a photo a day, every day since 01 January and will keep doing this for the rest of the year. I’ve decided that every now and again when I have a picture that I like, I’ll post it here. Like today, for example. We’re at a two-day writing retreat in Gordon’s Bay…
-
UWC writing workshop
Last week UWC hosted a writing workshop for academics. I always enjoy writing workshops because there’s always something I find in them that makes me think about my own process a little bit more. I wasn’t able to attend the full sessions every day, but managed to make a few notes while I was there.…
-
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-01-24
in Digestactivity theory, alpha, blogging, cable card, cognician, concept map, connectivism, Construct Activity Systems, Dave Pollard, decision book, digital habitats, email, facebook, joanne hardman, learning theories, mit, mont fleur, mp, open courseware, RT, Silicon Cape, standing desk, twitter, writing retreat, xkcd, zoteroâ™» @samanthaperry #xkcd on airport security stupididty – classic http://xkcd.com/651/ # RT @ivovegter: Sense, at last. Table mountain ‘Cable Card’ for SA citizens. Unlimited rides & skip Q for R490/y http://bit.ly/ewxC8L # Just read “Conversations in the cloud: The use of blogs to support learning in higher education” (http://bit.ly/gJr45r) Thanks @mpaskevi # RT @barrykayton: @michael_rowe…
-
UWC writing for publication retreat – day 3
Today is the last day of our writing retreat. We had a short session this morning briefly going over the Method, Results, Discussion and Conclusion, before going back to our rooms to spend the last few hours writing. Coming from a more quantitative background, I’m having some difficulty writing up my qualitative responses, so looking…
-
UWC writing for publication retreat: day 2
Today has focused on the practical aspect of publication i.e. actually writing, so we didn’t have as many presentations. We began by reviewing some of what was discussed yesterday and adding a few reflections and comments from participants. Yesterday, one of the presenters suggested the CARS (link downloads PDF) model for structuring an Introduction. Today,…