Virtual Qualitative Research Module Series
The School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies offers a series of online, graduate-level qualitative research methods modules.
These modules have been developed with the support of a working group of faculty content experts, the Centre for Teaching and Learning, Western Technology Services, and the outstanding contributions of a senior Western PhD student and a recent PhD graduate. This module series helps streamline delivery, reduce costs, and relieve strain on people, resources, and workload, while maintaining pedagogical relevance and ensuring an offering of the highest quality.
The series offers a combination of theoretical and practical learning in six areas:
- Foundations of Virtual Qualitative Research
- Social Media Research
- Doing Ethnography Online
- Virtual Participatory Action Research
- Foundations in Coding and Interpretation
- Arts-Based Research
These modules are intended to serve:
- Professors teaching a course who want to supplement their curriculum.
- Supervisors who want to help their graduate students sharpen their skills in a particular qualitative research area.
- Graduate students who would like to enhance their training.
They can also be used in a variety of creative ways – for example, modules could be used as part of independent study courses, integrated into comprehensive examinations, and/or used to complement the writing of academic papers. Instructors could be graduate student supervisors, advisory committee members, and others not limited to the traditional professor/course teaching format.
