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Qualitative researchers have grappled with how online inquiry shifts research procedures such as gaining access to spaces, communicating with participants, and obtaining informed consent. Drawing on a multimethod approach, Conducting Qualitative Research of Learning in Online Spaces explores how to design and conduct diverse studies in online environments. The book focuses on formal and informal learning practices that occur in evolving online spaces. The text shows researchers how they can draw upon a variety of theoretical frameworks, methodological approaches, and data sources. Examples of qualitative research in online spaces, along with guiding questions, support readers at every phase of the research process.
How Might Research Change in New Times?
How Might Research Change in New Times?
Guiding Questions for Chapter 8
- What are some characteristics of the changing nature of research?
- How might the participatory culture of learning influence research design?
- How does the research of learning in online spaces remain an evolving process?
Introduction
In this final chapter, we draw on discussions from across the previous seven chapters as we look ahead and address implications and applications of conducting qualitative research of learning in online spaces. We also present additional contemporary frameworks regarding online participation and pedagogy for researchers to contemplate as they design their study.
The Complicated Nature of Studying Learning in Online Spaces
In 1998, Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy editors Allan Luke and John Elkins looked to the turn of the century and contemplated ...
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