Author Archives: cconley

Light on the Knowledge, Heavy on the Mobilization

Posted on August 6, 2011 by cconley

If you are looking for examples of effective knowledge mobilization, the health sector is a good place to start. Antismoking networks and organizations have become very effective at disseminating research findings in public messages that are accessible and memorable. The … Continue reading →

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Education and Health Care – Using Slopegraphs to Understand Complex Systems

Posted on July 18, 2011 by cconley

Both Education and Health Care are complex systems that impact everyone. Those who work in both of these systems dedicate a great deal of time to collect data to inform and support decision making. Unfortunately, data from a complex system … Continue reading →

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5 More Tools for the Researcher Without a Budget

Posted on July 11, 2011 by cconley

During the final rush of the school year I came across a few more tools and resources that have become regulars in my toolkit.  I hope you will find them as useful as I have. Zotero: http://www.zotero.org/ Level of difficulty: 3 out … Continue reading →

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CSSE 2011: Research Tweets From the East Coast

Posted on June 12, 2011 by cconley

To explore the tweets from the Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CSSE) 2011 conference I turned again to the twitteR package for R. My initial plan had been to compile the tweets at the end of CSSE, which seemed like a … Continue reading →

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The Juggler’s approach to project management

Posted on June 5, 2011 by cconley

Over the past few years multi-tasking has been revealed as a myth in the context of project management and productivity.  It may be possible to combine a physical task with a cognitive task (think chewing gum, walking down the street … Continue reading →

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