Ph.D / Doctoral study - request for participants.

[Deleted member 66701]

Hi All

I am a doctoral student from Lancaster University, UK within the School of Computing and Communications. I am conducting a research study as part of my doctoral degree requirements. My study is titled Educational Resource Creation - A New Framework. The aim of the study is to investigate how educators create educational resources, the pressures this involves and best practices in the field. The answers to these questions will help provide a requirements framework for tools to help educators in creating resources, particularly around immersive technologies (Virtual Reality).

The study involves a 10 minute Qualtrics survey, If you an educator and interested in completing this survey please post here and I will private message you. I can't post the survey link openly as I have to do some minor vetting to ensure suitable participants first.

Many thanks.

Amiga!

 

[Martynt74]

I'm happy to help (if chosen)

 

[Martynt74]

I'm happy to help (if chosen)

I'll also tag @randomshenans as i know he's done some work around virtual learning and engagement tracking.

 

[mrgubby]

Did you really mean to offer a private massage ?

 

[Ahleckz]

You’re doing a phd? You haven’t said!

I jest, happy to complete if you’ll have me.

 

[deuse]

I wonder how people did this before the internet?

 

[Deleted member 66701]

Did you really mean to offer a private massage ?

Doh!

I'm sure that wasn't what my supervisor meant when he said "offer an incentive or reward to participants"!

 

[Deleted member 66701]

I wonder how people did this before the internet?

They got a lot less valid data

 

[randomshenans]

I'll also tag @randomshenans as i know he's done some work around virtual learning and engagement tracking.

:waves:

I can share with my linkedin network, which is full of a lot of people in the education space, so if you're interested in this I can certainly do that or myself, happy to help and to share!

 

[deuse]

They got a lot less valid data

Or they worked harder

 

[Deleted member 66701]

Or they worked harder

In some respects maybe. However, more survey responses = more data analysis - so it's swings and roundabout really.

Same with writing papers. 30 years ago, you could get away with maybe 10 - 20 references for a full length paper. Now, you wont get anywhere with less than 40. That's more reading, more annotating etc.

I actually looked at a couple of workload studies for Ph.D students recently and hours worked and publications produced have actually been increasing steadily over the last 25 years.


But sure, take any chance to get to denigrate anyone trying to better themselves, that's your normal MO. I'd really appreciate you not trashing a thread in which I'm asking for help.

What's your Ph.D in btw?

 

[Diagro]

Who are the target audience for this framework?
You mentioned educators, but of which type?

 

[Maccy]

Or they worked harder

Give it a rest, if you’re not going to help then keep quiet

 

[randomshenans]

I wonder how people did this before the internet?

OK, Boomer!

 

[Deleted member 66701]

Who are the target audience for this framework?
You mentioned educators, but of which type?

Anyone that has any teaching responsibilities - qualified or unqualified - across any sector (primary, senior, FE or HE).

 

[Diddums]

Who's paying for this?





*runs*





I'll do it. Gwan.

 

[peterwalkley]

Will help if I can

 

[Lysander]

I wonder how people did this before the internet?

A lot of uni work has moved exclusively online at the moment. I'm not saying that's the reason the OP is doing an internet survey as part of his research, but the current climate does make online surveys a viable additional data collection method whereas before they may not have been considered.

 

[Malevolence]

IF you promise to pay back all of your outstanding student loans I'll consider it.

 

[Deleted member 66701]

A lot of uni work has moved exclusively online at the moment. I'm not saying that's the reason the OP is doing an internet survey as part of his research, but the current climate does make online surveys a viable additional data collection method whereas before they may not have been considered.

Yup, it's a bit difficult to pop vr headsets on participants for a study at the moment

As part of this study I will also be doing semi structured interviews (also online) but I already have the participants lined up for that. The survey will provide data to help triangulate the interview data.