classroom

I'd like to have class over in Hoskins where the ITC/OIT has its teaching classroom. It's the only space on campus designed for students to be working on their laptops along with the instructor, and I think they have plenty of power strips available. Since a lot of the class will be hands-on, I need someplace where students can work on their computers during a 4.5 hour class. I sent an email today to see if it's possible for us to use the space.

books!

I had to submit my book orders this week, and all of these books will be optional/recommended, but not required, for the course:

Hart (1999). Doing a literature review: Releasing the social science research imagination

Kozinets (2009). Netnography: Doing ethnographic research online

Lewins & Silver (2007). Using software in qualitative research: a step by step guide

Saldana (2009). The coding manual for qualitative researchers

Gibbs (2008). Analysing qualitative data

Wolcott (2009). Writing up qualitative research

It's important to emphasize/remind students that the qualitative research process is the same - but also introduce them to new technologies can transform that process. These are some of the latest and best books out on the various aspects of the process. 

Required readings will be journal articles rather than books, as they are more up to the moment in terms of technology & qualitative research.

I'm working on an article with a graduate student on how qualitative researchers have tended to shy away from embracing new technologies, and illustrating how various tools can transform the process in meaningful ways that have yet to be explored by most scholars. Eventually I'd like this to develop into a book, and this summer's course will help that process along quite a bit!