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Qualitative Online Interviews

Qualitative Online Interviews shows how and why to use the Internet for qualitative research.

 

This new book is available from Sage Publications in print and in CourseSmart e-book formats, or from your favorite bookseller. (For a discount when purchasing from Sage, use this code.)

The Internet is transforming higher education, one established bastion at a time. E-learning allows students anywhere to access classes and interact with professors and peers. Now the Internet is transforming research, and similarly, re-shaping the universe of scholarship. With the advent of pervasive, mobile online communications researchers can interview participants from across the globe to create knowledge that we need to understand our changing world. 

Qualitative Online Interviews offers a thorough foundation in both theoretical and practical aspects of qualitative research online. It is organized using the E-Interview Research Framework (Salmons, 2012, 2015) to provide a systematic, holistic process for exploring each stage of the design and conduct of research.

Learn more and see a table of contents on the Sage site!

Do you teach research methods? This short video introduces some topics and tips. What do you think? How might you engage students and help them think through options for research using online interviews with participants they will not meet face-to-face? 

FYI, in addition to this forum, we'll have a synchronous tweetchat:

 

We'll get started May 1, but feel free to introduce yourself so we can get acquainted. You can view a short greeting from me: 

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I look forward to interacting with you in May! I am planning a number of synchronous and asynchronous events and hope for a lively exchange.

Warmly,

Janet

Tomorrow's Webinar= E-Interview Research: Lessons Learned and Tips for Success

Join Janet Salmons and Cases in Online Interview Research. We'll discuss what we learned from our research and answer your questions. Feel free to post questions here, so we can be sure to cover them in the webinar!

Thursday, March 1, 2012 12pm Pacific, GMT-8 (
see your time zone)

The log in link will be posted here tomorrow!