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"The point is to change it."

Preface

Structure

This report relates to an Action Research (AR) project which investigates the application of AR methodology to distributed communities of practice. Since the subject of the research is AR itself, the analysis of methodology, ethics and subject literature are somewhat interspersed to avoid repetition.

Media
The report is authored as a textual document in VoodooPad and then presented as a basic webpage for ease of access.

Context
Relates to Andy Roberts BA research project as proposed in http://tinyurl.com/9uvjo entitled:

"An Action Enquiry into improving the practice of online research, investigating online communities and using internet technology (provisionally termed Distributed Action Research)"

Index

Part 1 From Philosophy to methodology
Philosophy
Philosophy and methodology
 A statement of personal philosophy
 Philosophical methods
 Types of Methodology
 Social Science

Part 2 Methodology, methods and practice
Methodology and methods
Six principles
 Four myths
 Applying theory to practice
Paradigms and methods
 Practice

Part 3 Application to this specific project.
Choice of subject
Choice of Methodology
Choice of methods
A statement of research ethics

Part 4 Literature search
Specific Literature
AR literature
COPS literature
Online facilitation
Internet Research Literature
 Internet research literature and ethics

Part 5 Some interim conclusions
Methodology
 Ethics
The state of the literature


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