Teaching research methods online: informal or semi-formal professional development

Janet Salmons, Andy Nobes, Nicola Pallitt and Tony Carr

Chapter 23 in Handbook of Teaching and Learning Social Research Methods, 2023, pp 332-349 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: Many inter-related practices are involved in designing, planning, conducting, and disseminating research; researchers must know how the pieces fit together. When studying research methods in an academic programme, students learn within a curricular framework of assignments, dissertation/thesis requirements, and supervision. The need to learn new methods and approaches continues beyond formal learning, however, and researchers must acquire new expertise without the support of a degree programme or supervisor. This chapter explores the informal online opportunities for developing research expertise offered by five non-profit and for-profit, staff or volunteer-led organisations: AuthorAID, The International Research Collaborative for Established and Emerging Scholars collaboration, NVivo, SAGE Methodspace, and the Textbook and Academic Authors Association. The cases representing each organisation show a variety of self-directed and collaborative and instructor-led and peer-to-peer options appropriate for emerging or experienced researchers. Recommendations are offered for organisations interested in offering online professional development opportunities for emerging researchers.

Keywords: Asian Studies; Business and Management; Development Studies; Economics and Finance; Education; Geography; Politics and Public Policy Research Methods; Sociology and Social Policy; Teaching Methods; Urban and Regional Studies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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