Copyright
Dianne ConradPublished On
2023-08-18ISBN
Language
- English
Print Length
237 pages (xi+226)Dimensions
Weight
Media
OCLC Number
1395069057LCCN
2022361433THEMA
- JN
- JNT
- JNQ
BIC
- GPS
- JN
- JNF
- JNQ
- JNK
BISAC
- EDU037000
- EDU029100
- EDU041000
LCC
- PN146
Keywords
- Open and Distance Education
- Academic writing
- Academic publishing
- Covid-19
- educational emergency
Research, Writing, and Creative Process in Open and Distance Education
Tales from the Field
This collection of reflective essays is a treasure trove of advice, reflection and hard-won experience from experts in the field of open and distance education. Each chapter offers tried-and-tested advice for nascent academic writers, delivered with personal, rich, and wonderful stories of the authors’ careers, their process, their research and their writing, and the struggles and triumphs they have encountered in the course of their careers.
The contributors explore the philosophies that guide their work, the conflicts and barriers they have overcome and the mentors and opportunities that sustain and stimulate them, always focused on making their experiences relevant and useful for scholars who are in the early stages of their writing lives. These rich and informative essays will appeal to anyone who wants to learn more about the crafts of research and writing, and the unseen struggles involved in publishing and “being heard.”
Endorsements
Many of the reflective essays collected here offer excellent advice for nascent academic writers. Even as a more experienced writer, I found myself highlighting passages of advice or techniques to include in an upcoming workshop on academic writing I am teaching for graduate researchers. This kind of self-reflection about academic writing is always rewarding and rich.
Prof Virginia Langum
Umeå University, Sweden
Additional Resources
Contents
Introduction and Welcome
(pp. 13–18)- Dianne Conrad
- David Starr-Glass
On Being Written
(pp. 33–46)- Jon Dron
What Lies Beneath
(pp. 47–58)- Pamela Ryan
Reminiscences and Reflections: No Regrets
(pp. 59–70)- Dianne Conrad
- Junhong Xiao
- Jennifer Roberts
- Aras Bozkurt
Writing and Making the World
(pp. 119–128)- Catherine Cronin
A Collaborative Approach to Research and Writing
(pp. 129–140)- Randy Garrison
Serendipity: Becoming a Specialist in Online Learning
(pp. 141–154)- Tony Bates
- Mark Nichols
Indigenous, Settler, Diasporic, and Post-colonial: The Identities Woven Through our Academic Writing
(pp. 173–196)- Marguerite Koole
- Michael Cottrell
- Janet Okoko
- Kristine Dreaver-Charles
Born Curious and in Trouble: Making Sense of Writing
(pp. 197–212)- Paul Prinsloo
A Few Words in Conclusion
(pp. 213–215)- Dianne Conrad
Foreword
(pp. 7–11)- Terry Anderson
Contributors
Dianne Conrad
(editor)Dianne Conrad has spent her post-secondary career firstly in adult education, specializing in prior learning assessment; and after that, in online, open and distance education, with an emphasis on learning, community, and assessment. Since retirement from Athabasca University, she has published five books (including this one) on several topics dear to her heart: online assessment, open learning, online doctoral potential, and seniors’ learning in today’s digital age. She has taught all manner and levels of distance education courses, published many journal articles, and served as co-editor of the International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning (IRRODL). She hopes to keep going.