Keeley Crockett is a Professor in Computational Intelligence at Manchester Metropolitan University. She gained B.Sc. degree (hons) computation from UMIST (1993), and Ph.D. Fuzzy Decision Trees MMU (1998). Her research interests include the ethics of Artificial (AI), fuzzy systems, psychological profiling using AI, natural language processing, semantic similarity, conversational agents, intellig...

The present study examines the effect of conversation based on philosophical stories in the community of inquiry on the reduction of the signs of anxiety disorders in the children between 11 and 12 of Tehran. This semi-empirical study was conducted in terms of test and control groups. The participants of the study consisted of all fifth and sixth grade students of public schools of Tehran (n=50...

This case study is an exploration of the potential restorative and healing qualities inquiry. The co-authors—a university-affiliated researcher, a Kaqchikel Maya community leader, forensic anthropologists—document their stories navigating participatory action research project as co-researchers. Using visual ethnography, we illustrate how approached inquiry from place validity, which challenges ...

Multimedia ethnographic researchers along with those persons they study have an opportunity to become a virtual culture of inquiry when using emerging computational tools for data analysis. As partners, this community can build narratives which convey messages to and with their readers. As readers contribute their own interpretations, the original story changes. Layers build; stories change; pa...

In online learning research, the theoretical community of inquiry framework has been used extensively to analyze processes of inquiry among learners and instructors within a community. This paper examines a special case of community of inquiry consisting of only one learner and one instructor. Together they engage in an online coaching discourse to form a relationship of inquiry. Within these r...

This research illustrates the efficacy of a new approach for collecting and analyzing family conversational data at museums and other informal settings. This article offers a detailed examination of a small data set (three families) that informs a larger body of work that focuses on conversation as methodology. The dialogic content of this work centers on biological themes, specifically adaptat...

The present century is the era of information and communication, and learning English language can pave the route; however, some young learners face psychological barriers in English classes. This research was done to compare the efficiency of TBILT and TBLT on the youth’s morale of inquiry. The statistical population included all 4200 Babol Azad University students of whom 320 were volunteers ...