17/02 08:15AM skype call

 In this call these points were discussed:

• Research validity- the validity of sources and how can you tell if a source is just opinion or fact? This raised the topic of the ethics of Web 2.0 and who decides what is right? the point was brought up that everything is down to perspective and what could be a useful and a truthful source for one person may not be for another due to how personal this course is and how subjective information on web 2.0 is. Cross reference and looking up other sources that are on the same topic can help clarify whether what is being said is more factual or an opinion. It can still be hard to know 100%, but it can provide some confidence and an avenue for discussion and mindful comparison with your own experiences and opinions. The relationship you have with the information is important, as there are different realities for different people, so don't get too hung up on proving a point during this course.

• Methodology vs Methods- methodology is the approach to research. Qualitative is what we will be using in this course and is "connected with what something is like or how good it is, rather than with how much of it there is" (oxford learners dictionaries, 2021). Whereas Quantitative "relates to information that can be shown in numbers and amounts" (Cambridge Business English dictionary, 2021). Methods are how you are going to go about the research to collect the data within that approach. For example these can be an interview, survey, observation etc. 

• Literature Review - in this I think we are collating  lots of different sources and stating what they say. From my understanding, I could be wrong, but in this we can include information that we initially looked at and could possibly contradict the topic of enquiry we are doing now. For the layout the first section could be about the literature you have used to find more out about your enquiry topic. The second section could then be about the methods and methodology that you will use, finding literature around those methods. I think we only look into the methods that we would like to use, but again i may be wrong.

• Research help- some tips for researching are: 

-initially begin to look at as many sources as possible about the topic and then explore some of them further as you may go down a route you didn't expect that could be useful/ interesting. this will also help to narrow down your sources to ones that will be of help and can aid in shaping your assignments later.

- if struggling to find information you can: type in key words, look at the contents pages, and chapters to find relevant sections of books. Use google scholar, the reading lists and other blogs references to source relevant articles/ books that may be of help. However, if you struggle to get into a book, a great tip that i had never really thought of (and can't remember who said sorry!) was don't be afraid to 'write off' a book. If it is not engaging you, possibly find the main aim of the book and try and find other material on it that may be more interesting/ easy to understand and consequently more useful. Ted talks, podcasts, and videos can be a more engaging way of learning. Journal articles too can be more to the point, and I too find these useful at present when learning.

-its important to remember throughout this course we are not trying to prove a point, but instead to discuss what we have found out and evaluate the affects this has on certain topics.

• Artefacts- there are many different ways to present one. Some ideas are videos with a voice over, a piece of choreography, a collage, 3D model. Each way is different, so there isn't really a wrong answer as long as you get the information you want across without really using too many words. It is tempting to keep adding to your artefact, but I actually found that less can sometimes be more as its all down to interpretation. My artefact for module one was an A3 drawing that represented my practice. It was a visual map of my essay I had written, so I found it helpful to do my artefact at the very end of the module in the last week and a half, which was a little stressful but I felt a better way of doing it. I wrote a short statement explaining why I chose to do my artefact in this way and what certain images represent to me. I thought it was important to clarify what I was trying to get across because all art is subjective and means slightly different things to what other people think. It also doesn't matter about how well the artefact is done, its what it represents that's important.

hope this helps a little!

references

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/quantitative

https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/qualitative