Urghh...what a tiresome day..plus these itchy wheals make me all gone uncomfortable..The me only "garu2" the whole day; oh my poor hands, legs, shoulder, neck...Errr, actually it is not something i want to discuss in this post.. just babbling about hehehe...

I just finish reading 3 jurnals that related to the action research which were:

The researcher is making an effort to improve her practice in her workplace using Moodle, a collaborative online-learning environment since she is the co-ordinator of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in a large urban school in Dublin. This action research has led the researcher to deeper understanding about her practice and herself as the practitioner-researcher.

The similarity of those research is that the researchers using collaborative approach for learning.

For Je Kan Adler Collins research, he use his student as the sample of the effectiveness of the new curricular he brought. He set the scene based on his learning experiences in military and medical course and not to forget his belief as a Buddhist. His intention is guided by the Four-fold path thus structuring his emerging epistemology. In Japan, it is a sensitive issue in term of the culture that differ from the researcher as he come and graduated from Western area.The old way of teaching and learning of nursing in Japan is the 'Chalk and Talk' where teachers has more autonomy of the establishment and teaching styles. Therefore, the researcher use another way in which students being placed in group to reduce the gap between students through team-work. In reality, nurse may be moved from the team or ward as staffing and corcumstances dictates in the work-environment. The ability to form effective team-relationships and flexibility is tobelieve as another basic nursing skills. The data collected qualitatively by interviewing the patients that has been treated by his nurse. Also, The students contribute to data collection by their own reflective journals. Donal just inform that after data collection, he do the analysis but not mention the method he use to analyse it. He summarised that his emerging epistemology has been modified through the process of research in and on his actions, context, personal values and teaching skills.

Donal O'Mahony do state that in ICT world, students are digital natives while teachers are digital immigrants. Therefore, to make students engage in your teaching, teachers need to change their practice in relation to ICT (which students nowadays are enganging so). The samples involving himself and his student. He was trying to improve his practice as History teacher while for the students, he wants them to engage to the History subjects not just completing the course. He set an online enviroment for the students to communicate with him and among themselves. Using the Moodle, a collaborative online-learning environment, students are becoming creators of knowledge and information. The methodology was asking, researching and answering the question 'how do I improve my practice?' which is an action plan developed by Jack Whitehead. Donal completing his research in three cycles; 1st - cretaing the pedagogical space for teaching and learning in Moodle. 2nd - Consolidation and questioning and, 3rd - Encouraging deep learning. The data collected in two distinct areas which are from episodes of the researcher practice that show his own learning and another one from episodes of practice that show practitioner's influence in the learning. Donal then analyse and turning the data into evidence in which he making a knowledge claim. His social validity is strenghtened through dialogues with various partners. Donal believe that he is a reflective teacher, love to teaching and he even acknowledge his students influence in his learning.

In ensure that the question is answered, Teressa Hennessy develop an action plan (created by Mcniff and Whitehead) which consists 10 steps questions. She is a co-ordinator of ICT in her school and admit that the school lack of collaborative skills amongst the staff. The research were done in 2 cycle. 1st cycle focused on technical aspects of installing and configuring Moodle for use in the school while the 2nd cycle concerned with experience and learning of the group members. She invited her collegues to join her research in using VLE, hence they become her sample. She set the virtual Learning Environment among them and everything are recorded in the online journals. Teressa use journal to record the data which are field notes and her reflections on learning. The data also collected from the online journals her collegues kept. She claim the knowledge at a series of validation at the Dublin City University. In her conclusion she state the four criteris for social validity; 'What have i learnt from the research inquiry?'What claims are you making?'What educational values are coming through the research inquiry?'How have you influenced the learning of others?