Changing rooms: navigating the ethical and technical challenges of exploring workspaces online

Amanda Simpson; Nicola Douglas-Smith; Kalia Kaparounaki; Dina Sidhva

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Changing rooms: navigating the ethical and technical challenges of exploring workspaces online

Amanda Simpson, Nicola Douglas-Smith, Kalia Kaparounaki, Dina Sidhva

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This case study will reflect on the ethical and technical challenges of designing and conducting online qualitative research. Utilizing photoelicitation and a written survey, our research team investigated the new or adjusted workspaces that educators and students used during the social restrictions and campus closures associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. As a new team conducting online and remote research for the first time, we identified a number of challenges involved in adapting qualitative and creative research to a fully online format. This case study will focus on exploring these challenges and the bespoke approach we adopted which permitted flexible, anonymous collection of multiple forms of data via a single submission point. We reflect on our team’s learning as we collaboratively embarked on an ‘emergency remote research’ project as a new team and we make recommendations for the adoption of a customized approach.

Original language	English
Specialist publication	Sage Research Methods Cases
Publisher	SAGE Publications
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4135/9781529601374
Publication status	Published - 2022

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changing rooms
teams
students
surveying
teaching and learning

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