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By mid-2007, partly as a result of my experiences in the classroom and partly due to my research interests, this title had morphed into ‘What does it mean to be 'educated' and 'literate' in the 21st century? The impact of ICT and the knowledge society upon education.’ I shared my completed Ed.D. thesis proposal with this title via Google Docs and my Ed.D. blog in April 2007.59 Unfortunately, this proposal was failed by both my supervisor and the mark of 48 was confirmed by the exam board. This was the last ‘module’ I had to take in my academic career and the first time I had even come close to failing one.
I had not been happy with my supervisor, so was pleased when his leaving the university meant I was allocated Steve Higgins, with whom I share an interest in both educational technology and Pragmatism. He gave me, and continues to give me, valuable, useful and actionable formative feedback. Steve encouraged me to use different methods to represent the argument for the thesis proposal I was to re-submit. I used mindmaps and, in the example below, an online flowcharting tool which suits the way I think through such concepts:
At this point the only feedback, apart from the occasional ‘thanks for sharing your work!’ comment came from my thesis supervisor.
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