Managing critical knowledge in higher education

One of the leads that I have from the Digital Learning Net jiscmail list is the area of mind mapping software, some links below:

• A ‘simple and free web application that let’s you brainstorm online’: http://www.bubbl.us/
• MindManager 8 for Windows
• A paper from an academic in the US about using Mindjet’s MindManager software: Managing critical knowledge in higher education: KMWorld

Case Studies or Surveys?

Over a week ago, Karen Paton, the University for the Creative Art’s Academic Developer in Learning and Teaching Research reminded me to look at the interviews I have scheduled, and consider whether they are really case studies, or in fact more likely to be surveys.

Karen lent me a copy of ‘Doing your Research Project’, by Judith Bell (4th ed. 2008), and sent me a photocopy of a chapter on case studies in ‘Researching Learning in Higher Education’, by Glynis Cousin (2009).

I have also been reading material for the literature review and need to update the references section on the blog.

Art Design Media case studies

Art Design Media (ADM) have some excellent case studies available on their website. I am particularly interested in:

• If students use technology to learn, teachers should use the same technology to teach
  By Debbie Hillyerd, Northbrook College, West Sussex. 2003.
• Creating Curators: using digital platforms to help students learn in art collections
  Case study by Dr Andrea Fredericksen, Curator of the University College London (UCL) Art Collections, and Dr Nick Grindle, Teaching Fellow in the History of Art Department at UCL. February 2010.