Author Archives: cconley

#AERA15 and Ontario School Board Research

Posted on April 14, 2015 by cconley

The American Educational Research Association’s (AERA) 2015 Annual Meeting will be starting this Thursday, April 16th with more than 14,000 people participating in over 2,600 sessions. This year AERA is being held in Chicago Illinois with the theme Toward Justice: … Continue reading →

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#OERS15 – Looking Closer at the Shared Links

Posted on February 17, 2015 by cconley

Of the 2,654 tweets, 744 (29%) included a link. Of those 744, 204 links were retweeted 540 times.  Taking a closer look at the kinds of links that were posted, photos were the most frequent kind of link shared: Photo … Continue reading →

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#OERS15 – Promoting Well-being – Evidence to support Implementation of the Renewed Vision

Posted on February 16, 2015 by cconley

Last week people from across Ontario came toToronto to attend the 10th annual Ontario Education Research Symposium. Over 400 people from schools, boards, post-secondary institutions, communities and networks met together to learn and share about well-being. The event featured: a … Continue reading →

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6 Forms of Bias That Weaken Your Research

Posted on December 7, 2014 by cconley

Dr. John Ioannidis’ 2005 article “Why Most Published Research Findings are False” is a provocative reflection on how vulnerable research can be to bias. With citation in over 1,400 papers over the last 9 years (http://www.plosmedicine.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pmed.0020124 ) Ioannidis has inspired and … Continue reading →

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8 Conditions When Research is Put Into Practice: More Lessons From Health Care

Posted on October 22, 2014 by cconley

In Health Care putting research into practice can be high stakes. Changing routines and practices as a result of new findings often has direct impacts on the health, treatment or recovery of patients. A significant contribution to the study of … Continue reading →

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