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 * Research Literacies Audit**

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__ Operational Research Literacy __ //Competence with tools, procedures and techniques, write appropriately in contexts.//

CURRENT CAPABILITIES - time management skills - basic use of searching in journals etc - technology familiarity - background in statistical methods and analysis - good grasp of written word

WISH LIST - learn end note (DONE, but decided not to use it). - learn more about searching on library site (DONE, love supersearch). - learn more about preparing papers for conference, journals etc (LATER, not at this stage yet, maybe after DA paper).

__ Cultural Research Literacy __ //Competence with the meaning system of a particular discourse or practice, understanding texts in relation to contexts.//

CURRENT CAPABILITIES - good understanding of the domain of the research ie secondary skills and study skills

WISH LIST - learn more about the online domain in general, what is good practice - learn more about academic writing - learn more about the online learning community

NOTE: Good discussion with Matthew recently about the stye of writing, who am I writing for and why. I had been quite strident about 'practical outcomes' etc and Matthew pointed out that after the doctorate is written I can then write other papers in more 'user-friendly' language targeted to people who will find the information beneficial to them. But right now my focus needs to be preparing an 'academic' piece of work that uses the language and conventions of the academic world. I feel much more comfortable about this way of looking at it.

__ Critical Research Literacy __ //Awareness that all social practices are socially constructed and 'selective', they include some representations and classifications, values, purposes, rules, standards, perspectives, and exclude others.//

CURRENT CAPABILITIES - some background reading done through Masters re technology and online learning

WISH LIST - learn more about who the key people in the field are (STARTED, have done a mind map of the key terms and have started finding articles by key people. Decided rather than to search then read, search then read, instead I would find a number of articles first ie do a thorough search and then let that batch of reading inform the next search).