Research, Writing, and Creative Process in Open and Distance Education: Tales from the Field - cover image

Copyright

Dianne Conrad

Published On

2023-08-18

ISBN

Paperback978-1-80511-094-1
Hardback978-1-80511-095-8
PDF978-1-80511-096-5
HTML978-1-80511-100-9
XML978-1-80511-099-6
EPUB978-1-80511-097-2

Language

  • English

Print Length

237 pages (xi+226)

Dimensions

Paperback156 x 17 x 234 mm(6.14" x 0.67" x 9.21")
Hardback156 x 21 x 234 mm(6.14" x 0.83" x 9.21")

Weight

Paperback456g (16.08oz)
Hardback631g (22.26oz)

Media

Illustrations4
Tables1

OCLC Number

1395069057

LCCN

2022361433

THEMA

  • 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

Contributors

Dianne Conrad

(editor)
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8282-7092

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.