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Transcript of PebblePad: The research student perspective Lucy Cave [email protected].
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My use of PebblePad
Part-time PhD in Pedagogical Research and full-time job as a Research Executive at Aston UniversitySelf-taught and independent use of PebblePadPebblePad is a helpful tool for recording my thoughts, reflections and research notesPebblePad serves as a repository for useful links in my research area
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62 assets
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Stage one: initial use of PebblePad
Reflective journal – used as and when I could find the time,
provides a chronology of my thoughts for the PhD
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Stage two: recording meetings, events and recording research notes
Used as a medium for recording my notes and action points from supervisory meetings
References and research notes noted, used in combination with EndNote
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Stage three: aggregating my assets
Creating a blog to document the process of developing the PhD research design
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Stage four: uploading and sharing documents
Useful for documenting feedback from supervisory team
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The benefits of sharing assets
Feedback – two supervisors will often have different opinions, therefore PebblePad provides a dialogue and summary of their commentsTime between supervisions is used effectivelyInterim meetings are not always possible, but both supervisors can be involved through PebblePad comments facility
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Visual representation of research activity
Stand alone ‘thoughts’ need to be tied together to form a webfolio
Research-intensive months over the summer, due to reduced activity in the University (‘day job’)
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Overall benefits and limitations
Particularly useful when working remotelyEasy to ‘dip in and out’ as a part-time student Serves as a repository for my research notes and useful linksProvides a chronology of my thought processes and development of the research Ideal for sharing my work with a team of supervisorsReduces paperwork
Concerns over security Need to have access to the internet