Digital Tools for Teamwork Integration and Collaboration
Format Type
Plenary
Format Type
Paper
Start Date
13-1-2021 4:50 PM
End Date
13-1-2021 5:10 PM
Abstract
Doctoral training in the social science is an apprenticeship in doing research for the individual scholar. However, most social science research after the doctorate is conducted by teams of researchers. Newly minted PhDs may not be aware of the various digital tools that can support qualitative research teamwork. A recent survey by QSR Research of qualitative researchers’ practices during the pandemic, explored the range of digital tools used by researchers. The survey was followed up with in-depth interviews. The survey included 346 responses from qualitative researchers worldwide. The 12 in-depth interviews were selected from the survey respondents. Thematic analysis was used to analyze both the open-ended questions and in-depth interviews. The digital tools used for the research included, Appointlet, GoToMeeting, Survey Monkey, NVivo Transcription, NVivo and NVivo Collaboration. The findings revealed that researchers are not planning for their digital tool kit and instead experimenting ad hoc or using the digital tools their institution will allow and are often changing tools on the fly. This paper will propose methods and a plan for a digital tool kit which is customized for their team. It is important for team collaboration that the digital tool kit can be integrated and accessed across team members who may be from different institutions.
Keywords
Digital Tools, Collaboration, Teamwork, NVivo
Digital Tools for Teamwork Integration and Collaboration
Doctoral training in the social science is an apprenticeship in doing research for the individual scholar. However, most social science research after the doctorate is conducted by teams of researchers. Newly minted PhDs may not be aware of the various digital tools that can support qualitative research teamwork. A recent survey by QSR Research of qualitative researchers’ practices during the pandemic, explored the range of digital tools used by researchers. The survey was followed up with in-depth interviews. The survey included 346 responses from qualitative researchers worldwide. The 12 in-depth interviews were selected from the survey respondents. Thematic analysis was used to analyze both the open-ended questions and in-depth interviews. The digital tools used for the research included, Appointlet, GoToMeeting, Survey Monkey, NVivo Transcription, NVivo and NVivo Collaboration. The findings revealed that researchers are not planning for their digital tool kit and instead experimenting ad hoc or using the digital tools their institution will allow and are often changing tools on the fly. This paper will propose methods and a plan for a digital tool kit which is customized for their team. It is important for team collaboration that the digital tool kit can be integrated and accessed across team members who may be from different institutions.