Category Archives: image

choosing images for slideshows

Posted on February 18, 2019 by pat thomson

Most of us have to make slideshows at some point – for teaching maybe, or for a conference. We all know that there is a lot of terrible slide practice and we don’t want that to be us. But there … Continue reading →

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get the picture? how not to use images in the thesis

Posted on February 12, 2018 by pat thomson

Thinking of using images in your thesis? Good idea. And easy to do with everything now being digital. I love an image. I enjoy a photograph. I like a good diagram. I’m happy pouring over a graph or table. But not … Continue reading →

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the digital thesis – more than a storage issue

Posted on October 22, 2012 by pat thomson

I’ve been dipping in and out of a recent publication on digital theses – The SAGE Handbook of Digital Dissertations and Theses (Andrews et al, 2012). This is the kind of text that only libraries buy, because it’s expensive, and … Continue reading →

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visual narratives as sense-making

Posted on October 5, 2012 by pat thomson

This is a guest post by Megan McPherson who is an artist, educator and researcher. She is a PhD candidate in the Faculty of Education at Monash University. She read the patter post on writing narratives as sense-making practice and … Continue reading →