Action
research and evaluation on line
Subscribing
to the email version of
areol
Areol, action
research and evaluation on line, is a 14-week public course
offered each semester as a public service by Southern
Cross University
and the Southern
Cross Institute of Action Research (SCIAR).
It is offered
twice each year, in February and July, as an email
course.
(You
can inspect the web version, if you wish, by clicking
here)
(You can
examine the evaluation comments from subscribers to a recent
program by clicking here)
If you wish
to subscribe to the next areol program, please
A.
read the following description
B.
read and respond to the paragraphs on research
permission
C.
then send answers to the questions (below) to Bob
Dick
Email your
response from your usual email address to
bdick@scu.edu.au
A.
The commitment you are undertaking:
By
subscribing to the email version of areol you are undertaking
to:
- read the
sessions
- take part
in the accompanying discussion list each session
- help
evaluate areol at about the middle of the program, and again at
the end
If you have
little time, you can take part in areol with a time commitment of
about one hour a session (sessions are mailed about weekly): 20
minutes to read the weekly session; 20 minutes to access the
relevant archived resource files; 20 minutes to take part in the
accompanying discussion list. (You can pare this back a
little by being selective about the archived resources you
read.)
In addition,
two evaluations of areol take about 15 minutes each.
If you choose
to join one of the learning groups, this will add about another 20
or 30 minutes each session to your commitment.
Beyond this,
there are many further opportunities for involvement. Most
sessions describe relevant activities, suggest further reading,
and identify archived files which expand on the
material.
B. Research
permission
We would like
to keep open the option of evaluation the areol program, or doing
research by analysing the material on the discussion list and
learning group lists. For this purpose we would like you to
indicate which of the following applies to you:
You
are willing to have your contributions to the discussion list
and associated lists analysed as part of any research and
evaluation projects. (If you choose this option you are
able to withdraw your permission at any time.)
or
You are
not willing for your contributions to be analysed as
part of evaluation or research projects
C.
Subscription details
- Name:
- Brief bio
(about two or three sentences about your interest in action
research). This will be placed in a public archive for
the benefit of other areol subscribers:
- Each
program, email learning groups are also set up. You may
join one (or more) of these if you wish. Which, if any,
of the following learning groups do you wish to join? (In
joining an learning group you are committing yourself to taking
part in the discussion in that group):
- Novice:
for people who know little or nothing about action research
and wish to acquire some familiarity with it
- Practitioner:
for people with some experience, and who approach it
primarily as practitioners in some field
- Academic:
for people with some experience, who engage with it
primarily as theorists or who help others to learn
it
- Thesis:
for people who are presently doing a thesis or dissertation
using action research or a similar methodology
- Are you
willing to helping to facilitate the learning group?
- Are you
willing or unwilling to have your contributions analysed for
research and evaluation (see "B" above)?