This document discusses values in research during challenging times. It presents an appreciative inquiry approach using a 5D cycle of definition, discovery, dream, design, and delivery. The research focuses on TeachMeet, a professional learning event, using mixed methods including qualitative and quantitative approaches. It examines the characteristics and evolution of TeachMeet, what motivates participants, and how TeachMeet fits into professional learning landscapes. Data analysis uses interpretive phenomenological analysis to examine personal lived experiences. The document raises questions about pivoting research focus due to unexpected global challenges and surfacing valued elements of face-to-face events in online spaces.

1. safeguarding values in challenging times
Mags Amond @magsamond
Part-time PhD researcher
CRITE, School of Education
NEARImeet - April 24th 20202 - Round Robin

2. data generation:
AIAppreciative Inquiry
(Cooperrider & Srivasta 1987)
5D cycle of inquiry:
definition > discovery >
dream > design > deliver
one Q to rule them all:
what works,
for whom,
and in what circumstances?
Research Focus: TEACHMEET [est. 2006]
Methods - mixed, pragmatic, QUAL+quant
1 What are the characteristics of TeachMeet
and how have these evolved since its
inception? > ‘thick description’ (Denzin 1989)
2 What motivates TeachMeet organisers and
participants to engage with the phenomenon?
3 Where is TeachMeet situated in the context
of participants’ professional learning
landscape?
4 What is the relationship between evolution,
impact and sustainability in the context of
TeachMeet?
data analysis:
IPA
Interpretive
Phenomenological
Analysis
(Smith et al. 2009)
examination of
personal lived
experience:
1. phenomenological
2. hermeneutic
3. idiographic
Colin.faulkingham took Image:Devils Tower.jpg on July 27 2005, and donated it to the public
(Weick 2010)
(Mills et al. 2010)

3. drive forward carefully, keep checking the ‘rear view mirror’ - are my values still enacted in my research?
relationship > trust, empathy, intuition, freedom
science > tree of life, environment, laws of nature
joy > flow, irreverence, contentment, love
memory > individual, shared, collective, symbolic connections
equality > openness, fairness, justice, dignity, respect
¿ what to do when the focus of research gets pivoted by an unexpected global challenge in mid research ?

4. “in the room where it happens” “in the the ‘zoom’ where it happens”

5. Valued F2F unconference elements >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>surfacing in online spaces
‘interstitial’ conversations >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the chat window
Law Of Two Feet >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The Law Of Two Fingers / Mobility

6. safeguarding values in challenging times
Mags Amond @magsamond
Part-time PhD researcher
CRITE, School of Education