Search Results for Category: Research Skills

Listen & Learn: Podcasts about Research for Social Good

2nd October 20182nd October 2018 Janet Salmons

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What do researchers encounter when they conduct Research for Social Good? Listen to researchers’ stories to learn about the issues they’ve studied, the approaches they’ve used, and the creative ways they have overcome obstacles. Podcasts from Research in Action Research in Action, part of the Oregon State University Ecampus Research Unit, offers a series of […]

Categories: Focus Series, Participatory Methods, Podcast, Research, Research Skills, Social Issues, Tools and Resources, Uncategorised

Tags: Janet Salmons, Social Good

Teaching Methods? New Glossary from NCRM

20th September 201825th September 2018 Janet Salmons

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Critical and creative thinking in the research context is a MethodSpace focus this month. Importantly, we need to find ways to prepare the next generation of researchers to understand, develop, and use these skills. This means using instructional approaches that invite students to explore deeply and come up with new interpretations of course subject matter. However, […]

Categories: Creativity, Focus Series, Research, Research Skills, Students, Teaching, Uncategorised

Tags: Critical Thinking, Inquiry Models, Janet Salmons

Teaching to Foster Critical & Creative Thinking

18th September 201824th September 2018 Janet Salmons

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Critical and Creative Thinking for Researchers is a focus on MethodSpace this September. Previous posts have explored ways we use different thinking skills throughout stages of the research process and offered links to related resource materials. As instructors, mentors, or dissertation supervisors, how can we help students develop these habits of mind? These MethodSpace posts offer some ideas […]

Categories: Creativity, Focus Series, Research Skills, Students, Teaching, Uncategorised

Tags: Critical Thinking, Janet Salmons, SRMO

Social Media Research, Then and Now

11th September 201812th September 2018 Janet Salmons

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The SAGE Handbook of Social Media Research Methods was published in 2016. Naturally, the research underpinnings for this excellent volume were generated several years prior to publication. Since then, we’ve seen scandals associated with social media and the Brexit vote, 2016 US election, hacked personal data from financial institutions, as well as policy changes including […]

Categories: Impact, Research, Research Skills, Social Issues, Social media research, Tools and Resources

Tags: Janet Salmons, Social Media, Social media research

Learn about Critical & Creative Thinking in Research

10th September 201810th September 2018 Janet Salmons

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During September the focus is on critical and creative thinking. Researchers use these habits of mind from the initial framing of a question to the final stages of writing and disseminating findings. The SAGE Research Methods collection includes related e-books and chapters, videos and podcasts, cases and articles. Find them in this Critical & Creative Thinking […]

Categories: Creativity, Focus Series, Research Skills

Tags: Critical Thinking, Janet Salmons

Critical & Creative Thinking in Research

5th September 201810th September 2018 Janet Salmons

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Critical & Creative Thinking in Research is September’s topic for the Fall Focus series. Each month focus on a new topic with original posts, links to books, articles, cases, and media. Look in MentorSpace for expert how-to advice from researchers. Critical and Creative Thinking Critical thinking and creative thinking are distinctly different, but highly […]

Categories: Creativity, Focus Series, Research, Research Skills, Teaching, Tools and Resources, Uncategorised

Tags: Critical Thinking, Janet Salmons

Informed Consent Resources – #MonthlyMethods August Roundup

28th August 201829th August 2018 Dani Kluss

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August’s #MonthlyMethods open resources were all about Informed Consent. Throughout August we discussed the meaning of informed consent, the importance of identities in the field as a researcher, answered 7 important questions about informed consent, and looked at an example of what happens when informed consent is not executed properly. While these resources were only […]

Categories: MentorSpace, Methods Type, Mixed, Research, Research Skills, SAGE Posts, Tools and Resources

How to Annoy Your Survey Participants in Six Easy Steps

23rd August 201822nd August 2018 Vince Filak

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As a researcher, I end up asking a lot of people to participate in surveys I’m doing and studies I’m conducting. As such, I feel compelled to reciprocate whenever someone out there is asking for help in a similar vein. Thus, when a survey from one of my alma maters landed in my in box, […]

Categories: Research Skills, Tools and Resources

Tags: Journalism, Surveys, Tips

RMF Highlight: Fuzzy Cognitive Systems Mapping and Evaluation

4th July 2018 Janet Salmons

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The Economic and Social Research Center is hosting the biennial Research Methods Festival at the University of Bath this week. If you aren’t able to attend in person, enjoy this series of posts. I had the very good fortune to study with Joseph Novak many years ago at Cornell University. He came up with a concept […]

Categories: Participatory Methods, Presenting, Research Skills, Students, Teaching, Tools and Resources, Visual Maps

Tags: e-festivals

Festivals without Flights

2nd July 2018 Janet Salmons

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When George Harrison sang, “Show me that I’m everywhere, and get me home for tea,” I am sure he didn’t imagine that we’d actually have the ability to be everywhere without missing the comforts of home. But in today’s connected world we can do just that! In July, MethodSpace readers will have two opportunities to […]

Categories: Methods Type, Mixed, Multimodal, Qualitative, Quantitative, Research, Research Skills, Students, Teaching, Uncategorised, Writing

Tags: e-festivals

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