Sunday, June 8, 2008

Research Proposal

I am beginning to write up a proposal, and it is all starting to come together. Clare advised me that I had a topic in the waiting and that I just had to get it on paper succintly! I feel that for 300 hours and 12,000 words I can break up my research into 2 areas. The first being a literature review of ICT in SME's in NZ and the second half being a practorioum (case-study mold), where I actuall apply the adoption of ICT into a SME in Nelson.

Self Evaluation for Blog

Evaluation for blog:

RES300#1-2008 Marking Schedule – Self assessment

Name Andy Hall

This is the self-assessment schedule for the journal. When assessing your journal and giving yourself marks, it may help to think in terms of a four point scale such as:

0.25 Poor

0.50 OK but a major rethink for next time

0.75 Pretty good but not perfect

1.00 Fantastic!

Criterion

Your mark

Marks Available

Easy to find information:

How easily can you find what you are looking for?

How much unnecessary stuff is in there?

2

2 marks

Increasingly sophisticated:

Did the format or structure of your journal change as your work developed?

.75

1 mark

Useful content:

How useful were the things that your recorded in your journal?

1

1 mark

Consistent use/recording:

Did you use it fairly frequently, or just occasionally?

.75

1 mark

General Comments: Put any comments here that you think help to explain why you have given yourself the marks you have.

I found the Blog process a good way of recording thoughts. It is advantageous as in today’s world increasingly more resources are electronic, so the blog allows you to add links to such resources. I felt my content was relevant and the fact that I added dates and tags mean that retrieving info was easier. I found that at the start I was prone to use the blog but as the course went on, I was pretty sure on my research area, so I did not need to add as much content. Adding more content more often would be something I could have utilised further. I will endeavour to use the blog for my research project.

Total………….4.5/5