User:Manutius

I am on Wikipedia as Loyola. My general wikia blog is at http://www.wikia.com/wiki/User:Manutius/blog/

I work at a university doing computer support work. I am currently involved in support of some of the academic software used to wit, NVivo, SPSS, EndNote and our in house learning management system. Support involves assisting people as well as running workshops in NVivo and EndNote.

I am also doing a Master's degree in Instructional Design/Computer mediated learning. Course work has covered things such as HCI, scripting, pedagogy. I am particularly proud of my Certificate of Merit for the course Discourses in Educational Research. I am currently working on my thesis which deals with how post-graduate learners use browser based resources to search for literature.

My primary research interest is how people use digital tools in their research processes from conception through revision and acceptance. Many it seems to me may use analytical tools, but do not use management tools. If I progress I may deal with this or with instructional design in an information literacy context.

Perhaps most importantly, though, is that I am also father to a wonderful son who is very fortunate in having a mother who loves him very much and I am equally fortunate that she tolerates my absent-mindedness and academic pursuits. (The pic here is from our wedding.)

When I find the time, I read avidly. Favourite authors include Umberto Eco and Terry Pratchett. Musically, my tastes vary from Mahler, through Pink Floyd, David Bowie, Sting, Joan Baez, Charlie Mingus, Robbie Williams, Enya and Eminem.

Wikis I have founded here:

http://infolit.wikia.com

http://socialresearch.wikia.com

Wikis I periodically contribute to:

http://unbeliever.wikia.com

http://literature.wikia.com

Useful Pages

http://www.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Help