Week 1: Introduction

Orientation

This module comprises 10 weeksThe first week gives you an introduction to conducting online research, offers an overview of the current position, suggests relevant considerations in respect of different kinds of projects, and highlights some of the challenges and dilemmas that online researchers face.  

On Successful Completion of this Session, Students will be Able to:

You will be able to understand the purpose and structure of this module.  You can achieve this by engaging with the materials recommended here and by identifying and engaging with other similar and related materials. You should familiarise yourself with the structure of the module and begin to engage with the tasks associated with each session, engage with the materials presented and look at the weekly task.      

Reading Resources

Supplementary Resources

Here is a typical example of online qualitative educational research. You can highlight some key points on how it is conducted online, the process of collecting and analyzing data on blogs:

    • Harricharan, M., & Bhopal, K. (2014). Using blogs in qualitative educational research: An exploration of method. International Journal of Research & Method in Education, 37(3), 324-343. 

This Snippet gives you some valuable advice on research using the Internet:

In this video, Christine Hine briefly but critically shares her own hands-on experience on online research methods. You will find good points from this practical sharing.  

Podcast: Digital methods

 

 

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Global EdD (taught doctorate) in Remote Pedagogy and Stewardship Copyright © by Kara Ghobhainn Smith; David D. Plain; Frank Rennie, Gareth Davies, UHI, Thu Le; Clinton Beckford, Loretta Sbrocca; and ShiJing Xu, Chenkai Chi, Yuhan Deng, University of Windsor, Canada is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.

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