Data+Collection

=**NFSDL Research Program - Data Collection**=


 * Learning environments for which we actually have data:**
 * 1) Multi-User Virtual Environment (MUVE) - SL cohort of Connectivism & Connective Knowledge course
 * 2) University Based Blended Environment - professional development course on teaching in higher education
 * 3) Public domain informal discussion - Amazon.com Amazon Breakthrough Novel Awards Community Discussion


 * Potential environments for study (no data yet):**
 * 1) Social Networking Enviornment (Ning) - national council and advocacy group for teaching & learning in higher education
 * 2) MUVE - SL skills training
 * 3) Indiana U non-formal instructional design discussions

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 * Guidelines for data preparation/initial coding:**
 * **Unit of meaning:** paragraph! (provide some rationale, description, etc. to verify the decision of the paragraph as the reasonable unit of analysis).
 * **Emergent codes:** put these in a new table, one that tracks new codes; come up with rationale as to why to include them, what the operational definitions are for each.
 * **Layout the protocol:** Two separate coders, coding the same transcript (or two or three). Reach acceptable level of confidence (how we measure that?) that coding is uniform (negotiated set). Go off and code separate transcripts; at regular intervals (?) re-check (swap) coding to be sure about coding reliability.