Format Type
Plenary
Format Type
Paper
Start Date
14-1-2021 11:45 AM
End Date
14-1-2021 12:05 PM
Abstract
Prior to the global COVID-19 pandemic, my dissertation study aimed to explore how exposure to information systems project management impacts perceptions of computing careers among high school female participants. However, the emergence of the COVID-19 global pandemic and the closure of schools forced the premature end of the study–resulting in the design of a new study. The new study aimed to understand the experiences of teachers and the readiness and sustainability concerns they had after being abruptly transitioned from an in-person teaching environment to a fully online teaching environment. The qualitative data, collected from a ten-item, open-ended questionnaire, underwent a three-level analysis–descriptive analysis, machine learning-based psycholinguistics analysis, and a qualitative content analysis. This presentation will focus on my experience as a dissertation student who had to shift my research as a result of the pandemic and the lessons I learned about qualitative research.
Keywords
COVID-19, information systems project management, online teaching, virtual learning, descriptive analysis, machine learning-based psycholinguistics analysis, qualitative content analysis
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How I Developed as a Qualitative Researcher: A COVID-19 Induced Dissertation Research Shift
Prior to the global COVID-19 pandemic, my dissertation study aimed to explore how exposure to information systems project management impacts perceptions of computing careers among high school female participants. However, the emergence of the COVID-19 global pandemic and the closure of schools forced the premature end of the study–resulting in the design of a new study. The new study aimed to understand the experiences of teachers and the readiness and sustainability concerns they had after being abruptly transitioned from an in-person teaching environment to a fully online teaching environment. The qualitative data, collected from a ten-item, open-ended questionnaire, underwent a three-level analysis–descriptive analysis, machine learning-based psycholinguistics analysis, and a qualitative content analysis. This presentation will focus on my experience as a dissertation student who had to shift my research as a result of the pandemic and the lessons I learned about qualitative research.