Building an online dissertation research community of practice (CoP): A design case

Event Name/Location

Vancouver, BC, Canada / April 12-16, 2012

Presentation Date

4-12-2012

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Presenter(s)

Martha M. Snyder, Nova Southeastern UniversityFollow
Steven R. Terrell, Nova Southeastern UniversityFollow
Laurie P. Dringus, Nova Southeastern UniversityFollow

Proceedings Title

Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association

Description

A design case is presented that describes the creation of an online research community of practice (CoP) for doctoral candidates in a limited-residency doctoral program. Guided by a naturalistic paradigm and a variety of methods including prolonged engagement, persistent observation, negative case analysis, peer debriefing, member checks, and a reflexive journal, the case describes the authors’ rationale for making the design of the CoP the subject of a design case, a detailed description of the case including the critical decisions made during the design process and the preliminary results of the intervention. It is hoped that this study will inform future designs for online doctoral research communities and the development of rigorous design cases.

Comments

Roundtable discussion paper

Conference website: http://www.aera.net/tabid/13128/Default.aspx

NSUWorks Citation

Snyder, Martha M.; Terrell, Steven R.; and Dringus, Laurie P., "Building an online dissertation research community of practice (CoP): A design case" (2012). CCE Faculty Proceedings, Presentations, Speeches and Lectures. 127.
https://nsuworks.nova.edu/gscis_facpres/127