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Pilot
Project on Online Pedagogy : Using the Access Grid to deliver CAQDAS Training
Based in
the Department of Sociology at the
The aim
of this pilot research project is to evaluate Access Grid (AG) technology as a
medium for delivering teaching sessions to learners at remote sites. We are looking for participants to join these sessions.
Participants will receive an incentive payment as well as the value of the
session’s contents.
Access
Grid Nodes (AGNs) are devices enabling visual images and audio to be exchanged
in real time between different computers. Cameras and microphones relay images
of participants, and their utterances, to other AGN sites, without limits on
how many sites can be connected. With appropriate collaboration tools, AG-based
learning can emulate the human-to-human and human-to-computer elements of conventional
teaching, achieve real savings in travel costs, and make specialist expertise
more widely available. This potential will be tested by comparing conventional
and AG-based sessions delivered by the CAQDAS Networking Project (CNP), which
trains researchers in the use qualitative software. For more info on the CNP
see http://caqdas.soc.surrey.ac.uk
We are currently recruiting 15 participants to take part in
the first pilot session : CAQDAS Software Planning Seminar
delivered via AG technology, 29th June 2007, 11am – 1pm, University of
Manchester, UK
This
awareness-raising seminar will discuss the principles and workings of CAQDAS
packages and methodological implications of using them. It will provide an
overview of different types of available software, with demonstrations of three
leading packages: ATLAS.ti, MAXqda and NVivo. The session will comprise
discussion and demonstration.
Requirements:
You do not need any prior knowledge about or experience in CAQDAS packages to
attend this session. You do need to be able to travel to the University of
Manchester, UK for this event. We cannot provide any assistance with travel
costs. We will ask you to provide feedback on this session in terms of the use
of AG technology as well as seminar content and its usefulness to your work. We
are able to provide a small incentive of £10 for each participant.
Space is
limited : we are looking to recruit 15 participants for this session. If you
are interested in participating please contact Christina Silver by emailing her
on [log in to unmask]
Dr Christina
Silver
CAQDAS Networking Project
Department of Sociology
GU2 7XH
http://caqdas.soc.surrey.ac.uk
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Just Out: Lewins A &
Silver C (2007) Using Software in Qualitative Research : A Step-by-Step Guide,
Sage Publications,