Well and eventful session this turned out to be!! Firstly, I had used the website to access the Uni library and found that I could have books posted to me, but as I was going there anyway, I put a request in for a couple of books that Alan had recommended. This meant that I just had to go to the first floor of the library with my reservation number and collect the books. I can also post them back when I have finished with them! I intend on using the postal service for a couple of other books as well to aid with my search for literature.
Secondly, the session was very informal with only three of us there and we spent the first half talking about "Love" which had come from a survey that the Uni are holding with reference to the "Love of Learning". We wrote the word "Love" in the centre of the page and came up with all sorts of ideas that the word could mean. So, lust, desire, passion or even its misuse instead of the word "like". We also added the fact that companies take advantage of the fact that "Love" is something that people would like to be on the receiving end of, so internet dating agencies. We chose this as our main focus from the many topics that came up from the initial word.
We were then talking about what we would want to discover about dating agencies and how that information would benefit ourselves and others.
So in summary we looked at something that was a massive topic, provoking many thoughts and ideas and eventually narrowed it right down to one topic.
This exercise was to help us to understand how to find our enquiry topic, starting with a broad topic which produced many questions and ideas and then hone in on the one that we found the most beneficial to research.
After this, we talked individually about our enquiries and any questions or issues that we had. We could have done with a another hour or so, but I did come away feeling enlightened and focused again!
Apart from not being able to get home afterwards because of the weather causing the trains to be cancelled it was a good day.
Points - Use the moodle for "Summon" to find literature. Use the library to find books that you cannot find e-editions of.
Above all - COMMUNICATE!!!
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Hi Kym,
ReplyDeleteI hope you're well.
Thanks for writing about your experience and what you learned at the session last week. I am really grateful as unfortunately I couldn't make it after all on Thursday as my train was cancelled :(
I'm very pleased you mentioned about using the library and how easy it is and beneficial as this is something I had forgotten about! The library and "Summon" will be vital for this module and I agree that communication is a key to open many doors in research!
Carla x
Hey Kym,
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like a really interesting session and a way of thinking I had not thought about- using a broad topic to find your specific one...
Summon is amazing! Although be careful that you narrow your search to what you want... E.g just texts available online, just books or both- I have been caught out in the past!
Iona x