Re: [xmca] Fwd: AREOL (Action research and evaluation on line) course

>This actrivity seems like it might be of interest to several partiipants in
>the included lists.
>mike

I can certainly recommend this course on the basis of comments from
students who have taken the course.

Gordon Wells

>---------- Forwarded message ----------
>From: Bob Dick <bdick@scu.edu.au>
>Date: Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 10:40 PM
>Subject: AREOL (Action research and evaluation on line) course
>To: PAR announcement list <par-announce-l@cornell.edu>
>
>
>
>
>Dear colleagues
>
>The 28th program of AREOL: action research and evaluation on line,
>begins soon. Areol is a free public course in action research,
>spread out over 14 weeks.
>
>I've included below some brief details, and a subscription form
>near the end of the email that you can use if you decide to join
>the course.
>
>There is also a course outline on the web at
>
> http://www.scu.edu.au/schools/gcm/ar/areol/areolind.html
>
>with links to the weekly sessions.
>
>
>I plan to email some orientation material in the second week in
>July. The first of the 14 weekly sessions will follow about two
>weeks later.
>
>Please let me know (off list) if you would like any further
>information.
>
>Warm regards -- Bob
>
>
>_____ __ ___________ Southern Cross Institute __________________
> / \ of Action Research
> / /\ \
>____/ /_/ AREOL 28 __ action research and evaluation on line ____
> \____/\_\
>
> A free on line course in action research offered as a public
> service by the Southern Cross Institute of Action Research at
> Southern Cross University
>
>
>__________________________________________________________________
>
>
>Areol 28 begins in late July 2008. Conducted over four months
>or a little less, its 14 sessions (or thereabouts) will provide
>you with basic information about one form of action research.
>
>As with earlier programs, the theme of areol 28 is the integration
>of effective change with rigorous research. In some respects, it
>is a combination of the principles of community and organisational
>change with those for change-oriented qualitative research,
>sometimes with use of quantitative research too.
>
>The program does not attempt to cover all varieties of action
>research. Nor does it analyse the philosophy of action research
>in any depth. The main intention is to allow participants to
>understand some processes which combine action and research, and
>which can be used in practice.
>
>Later sessions briefly describe an action research approach to
>evaluation.
>
>The on-line sessions are supplemented by archived files on various
>aspects of action research and evaluation.
>
>There is no charge (apart from your usual connect charges, if any).
>This is provided as a public service by the Southern Cross Institute
>of Action Research, SCIAR, at Southern Cross university.
>
>
>You can examine earlier versions of the areol materials on the web.
>You'll find an index page at
>
> http://www.scu.edu.au/schools/gcm/ar/areol/areolind.html
>
>This will give you an idea of the contents and style of the course.
>You can also work through these web materials at your own pace, if
>you wish. This is an alternative to the email version. It doesn't
>include the discussion group and learning groups of the email
>version. Also, it isn't revised as often as the email version,
>which I fine tune each semester.
>
>
>
>If you wish to subscribe to the email version of areol 28, please
>
> A. read the following description,
>
> B. then send answers to the questions (below)
>
>You may also wish to check the responses of areol 13 and areol 14
>subscribers to the final evaluation. You'll find them, uncensored,
>at
>
> http://www.scu.edu.au/schools/gcm/ar/areol/areol13eval.html
> http://www.scu.edu.au/schools/gcm/ar/areol/areol14eval.html
>
>
>__________________________________________________________________
>
>
>A. The commitment you are undertaking:
>
>
>By subscribing to areol 28 you are undertaking a commitment to:
>
> o read the orientation material before the course begins
>
> o read the sessions
>
> o take part in the accompanying general discussion list each
> session
>
> o help evaluate areol at about the middle of the program, and
> again at the end
>
> o indicate if you agree to your posts on any of the areol lists
> being analysed as part of an action research project
>
>If you have little time, you can take part in areol with a time
>commitment of about two hours a session (sessions are mailed about
>weekly): 20 minutes to read the weekly session; 30 minutes to
>access the relevant archived resource files; 30 minutes to take
>part in the accompanying discussion list; and a little thinking
>time. (You can pare this back a little by being selective about
>the archived resources you read.)
>
>(Evaluations of past areol programs suggest that this is a heavier
>commitment than some participants anticipate. The sessions, each
>of about 7000 to 8000 words, are mailed out weekly. The comments
>of past participants suggests that, if you do not set aside time
>each week you will find it hard to keep up with the material.)
>
>In addition, an evaluation of areol after the final week takes
>about 15 minutes.
>
>If we set up learning groups and you join one of them, this may
>add about another 20 or 30 minutes each week 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. Subscription details
>
>
>1. Name:
>
>
>
>2. Brief bio (about two or three sentences about your interest
> in action research). This will be placed in a public
> archive:
>
>
>
>3. Which, if any, of the following interest groups do you wish
> to join?
>
> (They will be set up only if numbers warrant it. In any
> event it is not a requirement that you join any of them.
> However, in joining an interest group you are committing
> yourself to taking part in the discussion in those groups):
>
> _ 3a. Novices' interest group. This is intended primarily
> for people who do not make much use of action research
> in their work so far, and would appreciate a mutual-aid
> group
>
> _ 3b. Practitioners' interest group. This in intended
> primarily for people whose interest in action research
> is to improve their practice
>
> _ 3c. Academics' interest group. This is intended
> primarily for people who are more interested in the
> research or philosophical aspects than in the
> practitioner applications of action research
>
> _ 3d. Thesis interest group. This is intended primarily
> for people who are using action research or related
> methodologies for thesis purposes, or are supervising
> such theses
>
>
>4. Are you willing to helping to facilitate the interest group?
> (If so, you'll be able to share this responsibility with your
> colleagues on the group.)
>
>
>5. Are you willing for any email you post to areol and the
> associated lists to be analysed as part of an action research
> project?
>
> (Your anonymity will be protected unless your specific
> permission to identify you is sought and given. There is no
> particular research currently planned; this is to keep that
> possibility open.)
>
>
>Please mail this to bdick@scu.edu.au FROM YOUR USUAL EMAIL ADDRESS
>(the associated mailing lists accept email only from addresses in
>its subscription list, so choose the address you are most likely to
>use to send email to the areol lists)
>
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-- 
Gordon Wells
Department of Education
University of California, Santa Cruz		http://people.ucsc.edu/~gwells
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