scholarly journals Adopting online lecturing for improved learning: A case study from teacher education

2015 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 108-127
Author(s):  
Marie Quinn ◽  
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Shannon Kennedy-Clark ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Method ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Design Feature ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Reflective Journals ◽  
Video Lectures ◽  
Self Study ◽  
Improved Learning ◽  
Method Approach

This paper presents the results of a study that examined the integration of video lectures into a preservice teacher unit of study. The aim of the research was to ascertain how students used the prerecorded videos to complement their learning. The focus was on the pedagogy, and explored three factors: convenience, self-regulation of learning and design to aid learning. A mixed method approach to the data collection was used. Data sources included reflective journals, surveys and semi-structured interviews. An analysis of the data indicates that the pre-service teachers viewed the use of pre-recorded lectures positively and that they were a useful resource for self-study. The use of a webcam was also viewed positively as a design feature of the lectures. Overall, the responses to the innovation were positive.

scholarly journals Social media as a medium for preventing radicalization (A case study of an Indonesian youth community’s counter-radicalization initiatives on Instagram)

Plaridel ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ridwan Effendi ◽  
Vidi Sukmayadi ◽  
Andi Alimuddin Unde ◽  
Triyanto
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Mixed Method ◽  
Qualitative Case Study ◽  
Visual Content ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Community Based ◽  
The Social ◽  
Youth Community ◽  
Method Approach

This paper explores how an Indonesian national youth community uses social media as a radicalization prevention medium. In this paper, the Indonesian youth community’s applied online interventions are explored and evaluated through a mixed-method approach, using a qualitative case study and visual content analysis. The authors conducted semi-structured interviews and analyzed visual content outputs, focusing on the social media strategy enacted to create counter-radicalization narratives, and measuring social media engagement rates as a means of evaluating that strategy. This paper extends existing counter-radicalization studies by adding insights on how youth community-based social media initiatives could contribute as a non-coercive approach in combating radicalization.

A case study evaluation of a community multidisciplinary team in South East England using a mixed-method approach

2020 ◽  
Vol 70 (suppl 1) ◽  
pp. bjgp20X711569
Author(s):  
Jessica Wyatt Muscat
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mixed Method ◽  
Social Care ◽  
Free Form ◽  
Normalisation Process Theory ◽  
Multidisciplinary Teams ◽  
Mixed Method Approach ◽  
Health And Social Care ◽  
Method Approach

BackgroundCommunity multidisciplinary teams (MDTs) represent a model of integrated care comprising health, social care, and the voluntary sector where members work collaboratively to coordinate care for those patients most at risk.AimThe evaluation will answer the question, ‘What are the enablers and what are the restrictors to the embedding of the case study MDT into the routine practice of the health and social care teams involved in the project?’MethodThe MDT was evaluated using a mixed-method approach with normalisation process theory as a methodological tool. Both quantitative and qualitative data were gathered through a questionnaire consisting of the NoMAD survey followed by free-form questions.ResultsThe concepts of the MDT were generally clear, and participants could see the potential benefits of the programme, though this was found to be lower in GPs. Certain professionals, particularly mental health and nursing professionals, found it difficult to integrate the MDT into normal working patterns because of a lack of resources. Participants also felt there was a lack of training for MDT working. A lack of awareness of evidence supporting the programme was shown particularly within management, GP, and nursing roles.ConclusionSpecific recommendations have been made in order to improve the MDT under evaluation. These include adjustments to IT systems and meeting documentation, continued education as to the purpose of the MDT, and the engagement of GPs to enable better buy-in. Recommendations were made to focus the agenda with specialist attendance when necessary, and to expand the MDT remit, particularly in mental health and geriatrics.

A Mixed Method Approach to Quality of Life Research: A Case Study Approach

2007 ◽  
Vol 85 (1) ◽  
pp. 145-158 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heather Dunning ◽  
Allison Williams ◽  
Sylvia Abonyi ◽  
Valorie Crooks
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Mixed Method ◽  
Case Study Approach ◽  
Mixed Method Approach ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Quality Of Life Research ◽  
Method Approach

scholarly journals Quantity Surveyors’ Response to the COVID-19 Outbreak: A Mixed Method Approach

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 177
Author(s):  
Seng Hansen ◽  
Susy F Rostiyanti ◽  
Rizaldi Rizaldi ◽  
Clara Andjarwati
Keyword(s):  
Construction Industry ◽  
Mixed Method ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Work Culture ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Mixed Method Approach ◽  
Professional Activities ◽  
Project Sustainability ◽  
Project Objectives ◽  
Method Approach

The COVID-19 outbreak began at the end of 2019, and has evolved to a pandemic threatening various industries’ sustainability. Decisive actions have been taken to tackle the pandemic’s spread, however, various impacts continue to be felt by many industries, including the construction industry. This paper therefore focuses on the COVID-19 outbreak’s impact on Quantity Surveyors’ (QS) construction projects and activities, as a key profession in the industry. A mixed method approach, questionnaire survey followed by expert interviews, was adopted. Subsequently, 199 valid responses for analysis were obtained from the questionnaire distribution, using descriptive statistics and Significance Index. Furthermore, qualitative data were acquired through semi-structured interviews with five experts, and analyzed using a structured thematic analysis. According to the results, 56.78% of respondents experienced project slowdowns, 13.57% experienced project suspensions or terminations, and 12.56% experienced cost overruns. Most respondents acknowledged the pandemic had present changes to projects (84.92%), in the form of changes in organization structure, work culture, technological application, and project objectives. Meanwhile, the Significance Index has successfully established an 11-factors ranking, regarding the pandemic’s impact on QS activities, with impact on the overall project completion as the most profound impact followed by impacts on project scheduling, supply chain, tendering, cost controlling, and claim management. This study’s qualitative and quantitative findings tend to be in accordance, thus, providing some fundamental insights regarding the COVID-19 outbreak’s impact on the construction industry, including direct impacts on project sustainability, technology adoption, and project resiliency issues. In addition, this study also contributes to scientific knowledge by discussing the issues and trends of work culture changes in QS professional activities.

scholarly journals Analysing wildfire occurrence through a mixed-method approach: a case study from the Croatian Mediterranean

Erdkunde ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 73 (4) ◽  
pp. 323-341 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristina Jajtić ◽  
Valentina Galijan ◽  
Ivana Žafran ◽  
Marin Cvitanović
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Method ◽  
Mixed Method Approach ◽  
Wildfire Occurrence ◽  
Method Approach

scholarly journals Digital costume sketching through embodied awareness

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 229-241 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kirsi Manninen
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Method ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Costume Design ◽  
The Body ◽  
Digital Medium ◽  
Doctoral Research ◽  
Methodological Choices ◽  
Method Approach ◽  
Initial Results

This article presents a method for costume design, where empathy and embodiment are used as methodological choices by the designer in the character-creation process. In creating references for the sketching process, costume designers combine photos in which they portray themselves as the character that they imagine. These role-selfies, taken with a handheld tablet, work as starting points for the sketching procedure. The material for the present study is collected from MA costume design students who participated in digital character-creation courses at Aalto University, in Helsinki, Finland, and is a part of doctoral research by the author. The data are collected through a mixed-method approach and is organized as a case study investigating the experiences of using the body as a source for costume design. The research question in this study is as follows: does an awareness of one’s own body facilitate the sketching process? The initial results show that the research participants consider the method useful because it enables them to experience a stronger bodily connection with the digital medium, the imagined design and the emerging character in the costume sketching process. Hence, the findings of this study can be used to develop design and teaching practices not only in the field of costume design but also in other design processes involving character creation.

scholarly journals Self-regulation strategies of smartphone use during university self-study

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca L. Barron ◽  
Linda Katherine Kaye
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Learned Helplessness ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Fear Of Missing Out ◽  
Self Study ◽  
Smartphone Use ◽  
Regulation Strategies ◽  
Insight Into

The role of smartphones within education has received a lot of media and academic attention. This has typically focused on their use in the classroom, within tutor-directed sessions. However, less has been focused on how smartphone use is negotiated within self-study. Using semi-structured interviews, the current study sought to explore final year undergraduate students’ (N = 6) strategies for smartphone self-regulation during self-study time and the extent to which these strategies were effective. IPA revealed three main themes: “Urgency, Context and Consistency”, “Learned Helplessness” and “Fear of Missing out (FoMO)”. The findings extend our understanding of how conceptual frameworks such as self-regulation apply to smartphone regulation during self-study, and provide insight into the barriers for effective regulatory behaviour. Implications for both self-study efficacy and smartphone regulation are discussed.

scholarly journals Achieving Data Saturation: Evidence from a Qualitative Study of Job Satisfaction

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 66 ◽  
Author(s):  
MOHD ALIFF ABDUL MAJID ◽  
Mohhidin Othman ◽  
Siti Fatimah Mohamad ◽  
Sarina Abdul Halim Lim
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Mixed Method ◽  
Original Study ◽  
Mixed Method Study ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Background Data ◽  
Data Saturation ◽  
Sample Characteristics ◽  
Method Approach

The concept of saturation is deemed necessary in qualitative research;however, existing literature discussing the point of saturation is relativelyscant. Previous qualitative studies tend to describe the point of saturationbut fail to demonstrate how the saturation occurred. This article providesevidence on how qualitative research might report the point of datasaturation. The original study consists of a mixed method approach todevelop and validate an instrument for measuring offshore cateringemployees’ job satisfaction. Notably, this paper reports a part of thequalitative portion of a mixed-method study. Using the data from a studyinvolving 13 in-depth, semi-structured interviews, this study documentsthe degree of data saturation over the course of thematic analysis anddemonstrates how data saturation was operationalised. Although the studyreported 13 interviews, the saturation occurred within 12 interviews. Thestudy findings are not extensively discussed; however, adequate informationabout the study background, data collection and sample characteristics areincluded. The technique presented in this paper provides practical guidancefor qualitative researchers in reporting point of saturation. However, itis recommended that the evidence of data saturation occurred after 12interviews should be applied with caution due to several factors

scholarly journals Giving voice to the street: a case study of Toronto’s Street Voices magazine

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miranda Feasey
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Method ◽  
Street Youth ◽  
Major Research ◽  
Print Medium ◽  
Transformative Potential ◽  
The Arts ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Method Approach

This Major Research Paper investigates Street Voices Magazine as an instrument and communications tool to engage and empower street youth in Toronto. The following questions guided my study: What are the ways in which Street Voices Magazine gives voice to the marginalized and silenced? Why is Street Voices Magazine an appropriate medium for connecting with street youth? A mixed-method approach was used to analyze the texts and images in three issues of the magazine to determine the effectiveness of the print medium, what these texts and images suggest about the motivations of the contributors, and whether the magazine meets its objective of serving street youth. The study suggests that the transformative potential of the arts, the role of the magazine in fostering in the contributors the identity of an artist, and the lack of other spaces for expression are significant themes that underpin Street Voices Magazine’s appeal and effectiveness. The study also leads to suggestions for further research, which could improve an understanding of this diverse demographic and confirm the impact of Street Voices Magazine.

scholarly journals Sports Coverage on BBC ALBA: Content, Value, and Position in the Scottish Broadcasting Landscape

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 221-243 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xavier Ramon ◽  
Richard Haynes
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Diversity ◽  
Mixed Method ◽  
Current Position ◽  
Financial Situation ◽  
Sports Programming ◽  
Sports Coverage ◽  
Key Driver ◽  
Complex Scenario ◽  
Method Approach

Through a mixed-method approach, we examine the sports programming offered by BBC ALBA between 2008 and 2016 and identify the value that the channel creates in Scotland through its diverse sports portfolio. In an increasingly cluttered and complex scenario where pay-TV giants Sky and BT hold a plethora of top-tier rights and BBC Scotland and STV cannot fit more sport into their schedules, BBC ALBA serves Gaelic-speaking and national audiences with a regular diet of quality sports programming. Beyond being instrumental to filling schedules, sports content has been a gateway for Gaelic, a key driver of BBC ALBA’s investment in the creative sector and a contributor to the development of grassroots sport in Scotland. However, the financial situation under which the channel operates makes it very difficult to sustain and improve its current position. This case study demonstrates that sport broadcasting offers genuine opportunities to maintain linguistic and cultural diversity in small nations, even in a context characterized by escalating competition, dwindling resources, and the proliferation of multiple viewing portals.

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