When the Field is Online
Explore ways to use creativity, collaboration, and qualitative research to build new understandings in a connected world. A monthly newsletter edited by Janet Salmons.
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More about “Humanizing Online Research” (opens the original)
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I just posted an explanation of the Humanizing Online Research project, but wanted to reach out to you and ask if you have any suggestions. <img class="embedded-post-publication-logo" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!T3St!,w_56,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsu
Humanizing Online Research (opens the original)
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The internet is not the kind and friendly place it once was! What does that mean for researchers who conduct studies online?How can we design and conduct qualitative studies that involve meaningful online interactions with human participants or co-researchers? How can we recruit and authenticate potential participants who can contribute to the study? How can we protect identities and data given security and privacy risks when we collaborate with research partners? And how do we deal with the ele
Research Adventure: a Game for Teaching Qualitative Methods (opens the original)
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I recently gave a workshop for the International Conference Research Methods Conference about offering a fun way to teach methods with a Research Adventure game. Perhaps you’d like to plan an interactive game to play with your students in an academic course, seminar, or informal workshop?IntroductionIt is hard to learn how to design and conduct qualitat… Read more
What do publishers’ AI guidelines mean? (opens the original)
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Whether we are AI fans or resisters, we need to understand how artificial intelligence is influencing research, the scholarly publication process and ultimately the literature we read. I recently studied the guidelines for journal submissions from major academic publishers in regard to the use of Generative AI. If you missed it, take a look:After reviewing these policies I kept coming back to this question: Do researchers understand that decisions they make today about using Gen AI might preclud
Pictures in Scholarly Writing, Part 2 (opens the original)
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Want to liven up your writing without using AI? In Pictures in Scholarly Writing, Part 1 I showed how to create fun illustrations using the MakeBeliefs Comic app. <img alt="" class="s
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