The classroom discussion in this week was very great
as usual. In the first part of the class, we discussed naturally occurred
data& researcher generated data that made me very confused before. The
examples Dr. Lester and other classmates had shared regarding the types of data
assisted me to figure out the basic distinction among them. Even though there
is no certain line between naturally occurred data and researcher generated
data, they are grounded on different ontological and epistemological
perspectives.
In the second part of the class, we went on to
discuss in small groups. Everybody in
the group shared which digital tool they had used for the Skill builder activity.
Hearing the name and functions of the digital tools used by my classmates
triggered my interest to explore more digital tools in the qualitative
research. I feel like a great number of digital tools are waiting to be
discovered to help researchers in their works. I am very grateful for taking
this technology class, it provides me assistance in my quest for becoming a better, reflective researcher.
Naime, I completely agree -- there are 'a great number of digital tools...waiting to be discovered to help' us in our work. Perhaps, also, these tools are already present, but we have yet to tease out their methodological impact (both good and bad). I'm finding, for example, the more I push myself to engage in conversation across discipline around the tools that other qualitative researchers are using, the more I expand my understanding of what is possible. Thanks for sharing!
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