I am now working on drafting the research design for my study. I have been scouring various sources to locate previous research/publications on managing technological change. There are various ideas and research questions that I am trying to fine-tune in the proposal around future of learning/designing learning futures.
At this stage I am thinking of a combination of document analysis and qualitative interviews (using phenomenography?)
The Key Questions in Educational Technology Methods Choice checklist is a useful tool that I am using to review my research proposal.
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Operationalising the research
Lina has suggested that I look at phenomenography in the research study.
What is phenomenography?
"Phenomenography is a research method adapted for mapping the qualitatively different ways in which people experience, conceptualise, perceive, and understand various aspects of, and phenomena in, the world around them" (Marton, 1986, p.31 as cited in Bowden, 2000, p. 2)
Most of the publications that I have come across so far use phenomenography as a method of exploring conceptions and understanding in teaching and learning.
"Phenomenographic research methods of data collection and analysis can be used to study a range of issues, including approaches to learning, approaches to teaching, understanding of scientific phenomena learned in school, or understanding of general issues in society unrelated to educational systems" (Bowden, 2000, p.1)
The use of phenomenography to depict future views has been far few. The closest one that I have found is a study in the field of Information Systems which in turn is quoted elsewhere.
"The method of phenomenography can help us to see different views of reality, catch unexpected views, compare views, and see views to the future" (Kaapu et al, 2006, p. 15).
The question in my mind is does phenomenography have more to do with conceptions /understanding of a phenomenon for example students' understanding of physics, or teachers' conception of e-learning; and can it be applied to elicit "future views" as asserted by Kaapu et al (2006)?
What are the strengths of phenomenographic research? What might be weaknesses of this method?
Also need to check out Trowler and Prichard's Realizing qualitative research into higher education (2003).
References
Bowden, J.A. (2000). The nature of phenomenographic research. In J.A. Bowden and E. Walsh (eds). Phenomenography [online]. Melbourne: RMIT University Press. pp.1-19.
Kaapu. T., Saarenpää, T., Tiainen, T. & Paakki, M.K. (2006) The Truth is Out There – Phenomenography in Information Systems Research. Proc The 29th Information Systems Research Seminar in Scandinavia, Helsingör, Denmark.
What is phenomenography?
"Phenomenography is a research method adapted for mapping the qualitatively different ways in which people experience, conceptualise, perceive, and understand various aspects of, and phenomena in, the world around them" (Marton, 1986, p.31 as cited in Bowden, 2000, p. 2)
Most of the publications that I have come across so far use phenomenography as a method of exploring conceptions and understanding in teaching and learning.
"Phenomenographic research methods of data collection and analysis can be used to study a range of issues, including approaches to learning, approaches to teaching, understanding of scientific phenomena learned in school, or understanding of general issues in society unrelated to educational systems" (Bowden, 2000, p.1)
The use of phenomenography to depict future views has been far few. The closest one that I have found is a study in the field of Information Systems which in turn is quoted elsewhere.
"The method of phenomenography can help us to see different views of reality, catch unexpected views, compare views, and see views to the future" (Kaapu et al, 2006, p. 15).
The question in my mind is does phenomenography have more to do with conceptions /understanding of a phenomenon for example students' understanding of physics, or teachers' conception of e-learning; and can it be applied to elicit "future views" as asserted by Kaapu et al (2006)?
What are the strengths of phenomenographic research? What might be weaknesses of this method?
Also need to check out Trowler and Prichard's Realizing qualitative research into higher education (2003).
References
Bowden, J.A. (2000). The nature of phenomenographic research. In J.A. Bowden and E. Walsh (eds). Phenomenography [online]. Melbourne: RMIT University Press. pp.1-19.
Kaapu. T., Saarenpää, T., Tiainen, T. & Paakki, M.K. (2006) The Truth is Out There – Phenomenography in Information Systems Research. Proc The 29th Information Systems Research Seminar in Scandinavia, Helsingör, Denmark.
Monday, September 20, 2010
Research Design Direction
Earlier on, I had thought about developing a proposal to see how universities approach integration of learning technologies, etc. The other proposal was around "learning futures". In my literature review, I probably should have concentrated on one or the other.
Found a link to DML 2011 conference and the theme is "Designing Learning Futures" - could be helpful in framing the research framework.
Moving on to research design...
Initial thoughts: Future of Learning...
This would be a qualitative rather than quantitative approach as it is exploratory by nature. I thought about surveys but I think interview ie qualitative interviewing would be more appropriate. There are no fixed or preconceived ideas about the shape of the data that would be collected. It might be possible that from one interview, this may lead to a different direction with subsequent interviews to elicit a kind of working from the ground up. And if I decide to interview a panel of experts, perhaps I could think about Delphi technique - need to read a bit more on this. Have to start planning/preparing the interview questions.
I am also exploring grounded theory and a book on my list is Clarke, A. (2005) Situational Analysis: Grounded Theory after the postmodern turn. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications.
A note on grounded theory: "The Grounded Theory Method comprises a systematic, inductive, and comparative approach for conducting inquiry for the purpose of constructing theory. (Charmaz, 2006; Charmaz and Hemwood, 2007). The method is designed to encourage researchers' persistent interaction with their data, while remainly constantly involved with their emerging analyses."
(Bryant and Charmaz, 2007, p. 1)
Reference
Bryant, A., & Charmaz, K. (2007) Introduction: Grounded Theory Research: Methods and Practices. In A. Bryant and K. Charmaz (eds). The Sage Handbook of Grounded Theory. London: Sage Publications.
P.S. Some interesting papers from the DML site at http://dmlcentral.net/resources/articles - to bookmark
Found a link to DML 2011 conference and the theme is "Designing Learning Futures" - could be helpful in framing the research framework.
Moving on to research design...
Initial thoughts: Future of Learning...
This would be a qualitative rather than quantitative approach as it is exploratory by nature. I thought about surveys but I think interview ie qualitative interviewing would be more appropriate. There are no fixed or preconceived ideas about the shape of the data that would be collected. It might be possible that from one interview, this may lead to a different direction with subsequent interviews to elicit a kind of working from the ground up. And if I decide to interview a panel of experts, perhaps I could think about Delphi technique - need to read a bit more on this. Have to start planning/preparing the interview questions.
I am also exploring grounded theory and a book on my list is Clarke, A. (2005) Situational Analysis: Grounded Theory after the postmodern turn. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications.
A note on grounded theory: "The Grounded Theory Method comprises a systematic, inductive, and comparative approach for conducting inquiry for the purpose of constructing theory. (Charmaz, 2006; Charmaz and Hemwood, 2007). The method is designed to encourage researchers' persistent interaction with their data, while remainly constantly involved with their emerging analyses."
(Bryant and Charmaz, 2007, p. 1)
Reference
Bryant, A., & Charmaz, K. (2007) Introduction: Grounded Theory Research: Methods and Practices. In A. Bryant and K. Charmaz (eds). The Sage Handbook of Grounded Theory. London: Sage Publications.
P.S. Some interesting papers from the DML site at http://dmlcentral.net/resources/articles - to bookmark
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