Ep 177: Dr. Laura A. Pasquini on Researching Support Structures for Learning

On this episode, Katie is joined by Laura Pasquini, a seasoned learning designer, curious learner, and active investigator. As an early career scholar-practitioner, Dr. Pasquini's teaching and research explores mentoring experiences, networked practices, online communities, student support/advising, digital professional identity development, and open online learning environments. She consults with various education institutions, non-profit and corporate associations on the stewardship of technology for designing networked learning, improving organizational culture, and enhancing open, collective projects. To encourage storytelling from peers, she co-hosts and produces two podcasts you can follow and find on Twitter: @InVinoFab and @BreakDrink. To escape from her digital life, you can often find her running, doodling, playing ukulele, and hiking with her pup, Jack. Segment 1: Researching support structures for learning [00:00-17:42] In this first segment, Laura describes some of her research on different support structures for learning outside of the traditional classroom space. In this segment, the following resources are mentioned: The MBTI (Myers-Briggs Type Indicator) Creative Commons licensing Laura's research publications How Learners Overcome Challenges in Open Online Learning environments Mentoring Research — Doctoral Scholars & Higher Ed Professionals Higher Ed Podcast Project Networked Communities & Practice Netnography LeCompte, M. D., & Schensul, J. J. (1999). Designing and conducting ethnographic research (Vol. 1). Rowman Altamira. Schensul, S. L., Schensul, J. J., & LeCompte, M. D. (1999). Essential ethnographic methods: Observations, interviews, and questionnaires (Vol. 2). Rowman Altamira. LeCompte, M. D., & Schensul, J. J. (2012). Analysis and interpretation of ethnographic data: A mixed methods approach (Vol. 5). Rowman Altamira. Kozinets, R. V. (2015). Netnography: Redefined, 2nd Edition. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE. a previous RIA epsiode with Paul Eaton Connect with Laura Twitter LinkedIn Website Segment 2: Learning and development for higher education professionals [17:43-32:18] In segment two, Laura shares about some of the modalities that higher education professionals are using for their learning and development. In this segment, the following resources are mentioned: a previous RIA episode with George Veletsianos Research Shorts videos/YouTube channel Laura helped to create to animate projects, ideas, and scholarship University of Minnesota Open Textbook Network Bonus Clip #1 [00:00-2:29]: The Open Higher Ed Learning & Development Digital Library In this segment, the following resources are mentioned: Open Higher Ed Learning & Development Digital Library Laura's blog post about this project To share feedback about this podcast episode, ask questions that could be featured in a future episode, or to share research-related resources, contact the "Research in Action" podcast: Twitter: @RIA_podcast or #RIA_podcast Email: [email protected] Voicemail: 541-737-1111 If you listen to the podcast via iTunes, please consider leaving us a review. The views expressed by guests on the Research in Action podcast do not necessarily represent the views of Oregon State University Ecampus or Oregon State University.