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Discuss research ideas fully and constructively with relevant personnel, and identify any implications for the research brief.
As discussed in an earlier blog, there was some consideration that had to be taken as to what is considered an alphabet. Initial ‘writing’ per say was actually hieroglyphs which were small pictures, which began the trend to document things. I therefore had to decide if I was going to include this within my research. Being that the amount of characters for each blog was limited, and that I had more of an interest in the development of the actual alphabet, I decided to research just the development of the English alphabet.
Some other research ideas that I could have partaken in was to actually visit a museum to look at actual exhibits on the alphabet.
Reach agreement with the relevant personnel on the format, style and structure of materials best for the purpose.
Again as mentioned in a previous blog, there are different formats in which to receive information, such as video’s and radio clips in which to gain information. I decided not to use these formats for a couple of reasons. With regards to videos, such as those on YouTube, it is very hard to determine the credibility of the authors of these items, therefore they were excluded. This may be a very silly reason, but I find reading easier to find information from, therefore, I decided to leave the radio clip till last, and then I forgot all about it.
Identify potential difficulties in meeting the brief and draw to the attention of relevant personnel promptly.
I didn’t think of many difficulties in meeting the brief, but here is a couple which may cause some people some trouble:
· Topic with not enough information available. This wasn’t a problem with my topic, what helped was to speak to the teacher to ensure that the topic was relevant and that this topic had been used before.
· Problem with blog program, such a maintenance in which author could not maintain their blog or add more information (this difficulty I encountered).
· Obviously no internet access would make it a little bit difficult, but then even if the author doesn’t have access at home, they could still access the internet either at university as well as at nearly all libraries.
· Minimal experience with researching could make it difficult. I have completed two past university degrees, therefore I have had plenty of experience with researching, both within a library as well as on the internet.
· Confidence with the internet could also have caused difficulty for some students. I am fairly proficient with the internet, using it every day for many different reasons.
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