I'm at the point in my thesis where I'm analysing the data I collected. My data is qualitative, so if you're someone who has done qualitative data analysis, you'll know what I mean when I say it's DIFFICULT! I have multiple sources of data, including surveys, observation notes and interviews. I initially used excel to do my analysis but I was finding it...

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For my thesis I had to do a few interviews which then had to be transcribed. If you've transcribed interviews before, it literally is the most mind-numbing thing to do. Especially when they're longer than 20 minutes. The one major plus to doing your own transcription is really getting to grips with what the interviewee said and you'll remember important bits when analysing...

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In the previous post I discussed finding the perfect venue for filming a MOOC. It was exciting that we managed to find a venue that made the instructor happy. We scheduled two weeks during the university vacation with hopes that campus would be calm and quiet for the duration of filming. Unfortunately, things didn't go the way we had hoped. We experienced countless...

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At work we have a little MOOC studio in which many of our MOOC videos are filmed, but whether we use this the studio is up to the MOOC instructor. It's really based on the look and feel the MOOC instructor wants. In the case of the MOOC I'm working on, the instructor wanted to be filmed in a classroom that has an...

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I'm working on a MOOC that uses slides for screencasts and I realised it's so important that we create slides that creates a good learner experience. The expectation that learners download slides to view on their large computer or laptop screen is no longer the norm. More and more learners are using smaller devices, like their phones and tablets to view slides. This...

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I haven't really been blogging about my endeavors in educational technology, but I think it's a perfect time to start since I started my job as an assistant learning designer at the University of Cape Town two months ago. Since I'm completing my master's degree educational technology on the topic of MOOCs, my job serves as an extension of this field. When I...

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Before you start reading, this is all quite rough, and everything is subject is to change. So I'm busy with my research proposal and of course nothing went as planned. I didn't do my references as I went along nor did I keep a reference log. How disappointed am I in myself? You can imagine. But I will be fair to myself. I...

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