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Jon DronPublished On
2023-08-18Page Range
pp. 33–46Language
- English
Print Length
14 pages
3. On Being Written
Chapter of: Research, Writing, and Creative Process in Open and Distance Education: Tales from the Field(pp. 33–46)
This chapter explores the joy of research as a journey of discovery through writing, driven not by the need for outputs but through a genuine curiosity to inform decision-making and change. To publish because you practice, not because otherwise you may perish, is a privilege. To be motivated by curiosity, need, or even annoyance brings a freedom to explore, express, and, sometimes, educate through publication. Writing is described as an unfolding journey through an ever-more-coherent landscape, where mistakes and back-tracking are part of the travel.
Contributors
Jon Dron
(author)Professor, School of Computing and Information Systems at Athabasca University
Jon Dron is a full professor at Athabasca University, based in the School of Computing and Information Systems. He has received national and institutional awards for his teaching, is author of various award-winning research papers, and is a regular keynote speaker. His research is cross- disciplinary, including social, pedagogical, technological, systemic and philosophical aspects of technology, learning, and education, about which he has authored three books. Prior to becoming an academic, he sang swing for a living for ten years, before becoming an IT support manager. He has qualifications in philosophy, information systems, university education, and learning technologies.