The clever man will tell you what he knows; he may even try to explain it to you. The wise man encourages you to discover it for yourself, even though he knows it inside out. -R.W. Revans   If you would have asked me three months ago how I felt about "research" I probably would have pulled a face. No joke. The word carried some heavy connotation for me-and it was definitely negative. Research seemed like something that was just too rigid for my interests. My how things have changed; most

 Screenshot of Data Presentation from http://opgroup.tv/blog/   Scholarly Critique #3.3 Gender Study on Twitch Online Performers Group July 2015   This scholarly critique is a bit different from my previous posts, as I reflect on the way Online Performers Group (OPG) has presented the preliminary findings from their Gender Study on Twitch in a blog post. The OPG is a "full-service management resource" for Twitch streamers, and provides a wide range of services including promotional

  What an epic final semester of grad school I've had! Alongside submitting my portfolio for graduation from UC Denver, my action research course has led me to exploring something I'm very passionate about, creative engagement on Twitch. I would never have called myself a researcher before this course. In fact, I'm pretty sure I didn't like "research". But I have never felt so engaged and invested in the process and outcome of something I've completed for academic credit. I've really enjoyed the

  Scholarly Critique #3.2    Analysis of the Characteristics and Content of Twitch Streaming Authored by: Daniel Farrington & Nicholas Muesch Worcester Polytechnic Institute March 2015   This resource for this scholarly critique was found during recent Google Scholar searches for “Twitch” and “live-streaming”. The authors designed this project to analyze the content of Twitch and gather the opinions of it’s users “through three primary tools: A Web crawler, which gathers Twitch.tv stream

Scholarly Critique #3.1: “Know Your Role.” - Categorising Insults and Harassment Received by Female Gamers on Xbox Live.   I originally found this article from a google scholar search for any availalbe resources related to Twitch.tv. While I initially felt this article wasn’t at the top of my list to include in my scholarly critiques as it wasn't related to the arts, I decided to bookmark everything I came across. Now that my research team has drafted our literature review, I decided to take

This month flew by as I prepared my graduation portfolio and had some exciting meetings at work. My research team also just finished writing our literature review, which was a challenging yet rewarding process. We approached arts engagement in three di...

  This month flew by as I prepared my graduation portfolio and had some exciting meetings at work. My research team also just finished writing our literature review, which was a challenging yet rewarding process. We approached arts engagement in three different settings, which made finding collective themes in the literature tough. Fortunately, through our critique and reflection process within our group we were able to synthesize what each of us had written. Much to our surprise (and delight!)

Scholarly Critique #2.4   A Decade of Arts Engagement: Findings from the Survey of Public Participation in the Arts National Endowment for the Arts Research Report #58 January 2015   This report outlines the findings from 10 years of data from the Survey of Public Participation in the Arts (SPPA). The SPPA has historically tracked attendance and participation in what they consider to be “benchmark” activities across visual and performing arts. In the 2012 SPPA Survey, “questions were added to

Scholarly Critique #2.4   A Decade of Arts Engagement: Findings from the Survey of Public Participation in the Arts National Endowment for the Arts Research Report #58 January 2015   This report outlines the findings from 10 years of data from the Survey of Public Participation in the Arts (SPPA). The SPPA has historically tracked attendance and participation in what they consider to be “benchmark” activities across visual and performing arts. In the 2012 SPPA Survey, “questions were added to

Scholarly Critique #2.3   How A Nation Engages with Art: Highlights from the 2012 Survey of Public Participation in the Arts National Endowment for the Arts Research Report #57 September 2013   This report provides a “first look” at the data collected from the 2012 Survey of Public Participation in the Arts, conducted by the United States Census Bureau for the National Endowment for the Arts. The survey included data from a large sample size, 35,753 U.S. adults (18 and older), and featured

Scholarly Critique #2.3   How A Nation Engages with Art: Highlights from the 2012 Survey of Public Participation in the Arts National Endowment for the Arts Research Report #57 September 2013   This report provides a “first look” at the data collected from the 2012 Survey of Public Participation in the Arts, conducted by the United States Census Bureau for the National Endowment for the Arts. The survey included data from a large sample size, 35,753 U.S. adults (18 and older), and featured

  Scholarly Critique #2.2   When Going Gets Tough: Barriers and Motivations Affecting Arts Attendance National Endowment for the Arts NEA Research Report #59 January 2015   I found this report after finding the list of publications available from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). In my search for literature for my research I came across another resource from the same organization from 2002, called Involved in the Arts, Involved in Life. In an effort to find more current literature from

  Scholarly Critique #2.2   When Going Gets Tough: Barriers and Motivations Affecting Arts Attendance National Endowment for the Arts NEA Research Report #59 January 2015   I found this report after finding the list of publications available from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). In my search for literature for my research I came across another resource from the same organization from 2002, called Involved in the Arts, Involved in Life. In an effort to find more current literature from

Scholarly Critique #2.1    Twitch TV: motives and interaction, a consumer perspective Tom Clement Maria Raes Aalborg University Faculty of Humanities, May 2015   I found this resource using Google Scholar while searching for any literature relating to Twitch.tv. This report is a Master thesis from a graduate student at Aalborg University in Denmark. As I complete my final semester in my graduate program at CU Denver, I am also researching Twitch, and I have struggled to find many related

Scholarly Critique #2.1    Twitch TV: motives and interaction, a consumer perspective Tom Clement Maria Raes Aalborg University Faculty of Humanities, May 2015   I found this resource using Google Scholar while searching for any literature relating to Twitch.tv. This report is a Master thesis from a graduate student at Aalborg University in Denmark. As I complete my final semester in my graduate program at CU Denver, I am also researching Twitch, and I have struggled to find many related

  What a month! I can hardly believe it’s almost October. It goes without saying that this semester is flying by at record speeds, so taking the opportunity to reflect on where I’ve been and where I’m heading is crucial. In the process of learning to be a facilitator of action research, I have stumbled upon some important revelations, both in regards to my own understanding of action research, and also around the role of action research in educational technology.   As I have learned more through

What a month! I can hardly believe it’s almost October. It goes without saying that this semester is flying by at record speeds, so taking the opportunity to reflect on where I’ve been and where I’m heading is crucial. In the process of learning to be a facilitator of action research, I have stumbled upon some important revelations, both in regards to my own understanding of action research, and also around the role of action research in educational technology.   As I have learned more through

  Scholarly Critique #1.4   New Medium, New Practice: Civic Production in Live-Streaming Mobile Video Audubon McKeown Dougherty Comparative Media Studies Program Massachusetts Institute of Technology, June 2010   I found this article through a google scholar search using the search terms “live-stream” and “engagement”. The article is hosted on www.dspace.mit.edu. a site featuring over 17,000 open access articles from student theses and dissertations, peer reviewed articles, and technical reports

Scholarly Critique #1.4   New Medium, New Practice: Civic Production in Live-Streaming Mobile Video Audubon McKeown Dougherty Comparative Media Studies Program Massachusetts Institute of Technology, June 2010   I found this article through a google scholar search using the search terms “live-stream” and “engagement”. The article is hosted on www.dspace.mit.edu. a site featuring over 17,000 open access articles from student theses and dissertations, peer reviewed articles, and technical reports

  Scholarly Critique #1.3   Streaming on Twitch: Fostering Participatory Communities of Play within Live Mixed Media William A. Hamilton, Oliver Garretson, and Andruid Kerne Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas USA, 2014   I found this resource through a Google Scholar search using the search terms “Twitch” and “engagement”. This report was published in a journal that was available for purchase, however I was able to find a free pdf online as