Scholarship as a Conversation

 Scholarship as a Conversation

1) What do I understand by the concept "Scholarship as a Conversation"

Scholarship as a Conversation refers to the idea of enquiring information within a community of scholars, researchers, or professionals, with new insights and discoveries occurring over time as a result of competing perspectives and interpretations. Communities of inquiry provide intellectual challenges and the environment for individuals to stretch their depth and breadth of thinking and learning through collaboration (Garrison, 2015: 54).

2) Examples where I practice this concept both in workplace and as a student

• I have joined social networking sites for researchers e.g. ResearchGate, Academia.edu, and SlideShare

• Seek out conversations taking place in the research area from twitter handles e.g.Writing For Research@Write4Research, LIS Research @LISResearch, etc.

• Conference presentation/poster session; 
• Scrutinise the authority to determine the credibility of sources.

3) How may this concept be enhanced in learners?

• Create discussion platforms on Ikamva/Blackboard,

• Create a class WhatsApp group for assignment discussions,  

• Identify current and common issues amongst students and form debate sessions that will be credit-bearing.

• Create a research topic that will allow students to interview or conduct surveys to professionals of a specific discipline and present their findings.

 

Reference

Garrison, D. R. (2015). Thinking collaboratively: learning in a community of inquiry. Routledge