Julz Atwood
Student,
California State University, Fresno
Using Collaborative, Qualitative Research to Guide Campus IT Decision Making
Tuesday, March 18, 2014 | 12:45PM–1:30PM | St Gallen Second Floor
Session Type:
Professional Development
In this session, we will examine student IT use in the BYOE era by using and moving beyond existing research to gather data that is responsive to student needs. Participants will gain a clear understanding of how to collaboratively engage IT managers, faculty, and students to execute effective qualitative research on student IT use, leading to results that help guide data-driven, cost-effective decisions that are useful to students. Participants will examine their own assumptions about student IT use and envision ways they can move beyond existing research. Working groups will develop an agenda for drafting collaboration and research plans for use on campus. At the end of the session, select participants will briefly present their action plans to the group.
OUTCOMES: Understand how cross-campus collaborations can produce high-impact, campus-specific research to inform better decision making * Understand the mutually supporting roles of quantitative and qualitative data in producing reliable, actionable insights into the student BYOE landscape * Understand how to assemble an effective IT research team and get recommended methods for executing high-impact qualitative research
