"Virtual Roads of Netnography of an Online Community of Practice"
Format Type
Paper
Start Date
January 2012
End Date
January 2012
Abstract
The presentation highlights the researcher‟s experiences conducting netnography of a distributed online CoP of ESL/EFL teachers, Webheads. The researcher will focus on the nature of data collection, unanticipated challenges encountered and strategies simultaneously developed during the research process pertaining to the four key phenomena in netnography: interviews, observations, archival data, and the researcher. She will also discuss the technology skills that online fieldwork necessitate.
"Virtual Roads of Netnography of an Online Community of Practice"
The presentation highlights the researcher‟s experiences conducting netnography of a distributed online CoP of ESL/EFL teachers, Webheads. The researcher will focus on the nature of data collection, unanticipated challenges encountered and strategies simultaneously developed during the research process pertaining to the four key phenomena in netnography: interviews, observations, archival data, and the researcher. She will also discuss the technology skills that online fieldwork necessitate.
Comments
Breakout Session B