New publication: GO-GN Conceptual Frameworks Guide for doctoral researchers | GO-GN
flavoursofopenscience's bookmarks 2021-09-16
Summary:
Last year we published the GO-GN Research Methods Handbook (Farrow et al., 2020). This handbook was well received by our members (some of whom were also contributors) and was recognised by the community with an Open Education award for open research practice (https://awards.oeglobal.org/awards/2020/open-research/go-gn-research-methods-handbook/).
This was all really positive - welcomed, but not expected! An additional, unanticipated outcome was that the Handbook found a lot of interest beyond the GO-GN community, being downloaded many thousands of times and shared with researchers and scholars much more widely. The accessible style of the Handbook contributed to this, but this also seems to reflect a wider need for such guidance.
This GO-GN Conceptual Frameworks Guide can be considered a sister volume to the Research Methods Handbook, and it was always planned that we would produce such a companion piece. The rationale here is similar: this is an area where doctoral students have expressed concerns and they aren’t always sure where to find help. Once again we draw on the collective intelligence of GO-GN researchers, this time to capture and describe the ways that conceptual frameworks can support doctoral level research (with a focus on open education).
GO-GN is a network of Ph.D and Ed.D candidates around the world whose research projects include a focus on open education. These doctoral researchers are at the core of the network; around them, over two hundred experts, supervisors, mentors and interested parties connect to form a community of practice that:
- Raises the profile of research into open education
- Offers support for those conducting Ph.D research in this area
- Develops openness as a process of research
GO-GN is currently funded through the OER programme of The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and administered by the Open Education Research Hub from the Institute of Educational Technology at The Open University, UK