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Researcher Development : An Introduction to Internet-mediated Research

Description

Theme:

Education and Research

Category:

Education and Research This session will be DELIVERED VIRTUALLY - joining instructions will be provided beforehand.

This activity is for Research active staff and would be particularly useful to Early Career Researchers.

About this course:

Internet-mediated research involves the remote acquisition of data from or about human participants using the Internet and its associated technologies (British Psychological Society, 2017).

Such research can include a variety of methodologies and can take place in a range of settings, such as social media, email, web pages, chat rooms, and instant messaging.

Conducting Internet-mediated research can present several ethical challenges.

This course aims to provide an interactive introduction to Internet-mediated research, in terms of its evolution, methods, use in different disciplines, and ethical concerns.

Learning outcomes:

As a result of attending this course, you will be able to:.

- Understand the meaning and evolution of Internet-mediated research.

- Consider various Internet-mediated research methods.

- Recognise how Internet-mediated research is utilised in different disciplines.

- Appraise different ethical challenges pertaining Internet-mediated research.

Who should attend this course:

This activity is for Research active staff (particularly useful to Early Career Researchers), with an interest in gaining an understanding of Internet-mediated research.

Presenter(s):

Dr Bethan Treadgold.

Before the course:

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A joining link will be provided beforehand.

Learning provider:

MAKE YOUR MARK - Research staff peer to peer development - This session is being delivered as part of a new pilot scheme of research staff peer to peer development titled `Make your Mark'.

The facilitator is kindly giving up their time voluntarily and willingly sharing their expertise to help the wider researcher community.

This course is administered by Researcher Development; please contact researcherdevelopment@exeter.ac.uk for more details.

If you register for any of our sessions, it is expected that you will attend.

If you are not able to attend please log in to the `iTrent' online system to remove your name from the relevant activity before it is due to take place.

You will be expected you to attend for the whole session and for ease of administration, attendance registers will be taken at the end of each session.

Should you need to leave a session early or you experience ongoing technical issues, please email ResearcherDevelopment@exeter.ac.uk.

Details
DateLocationStartFinishCostTrainer(s)Places
Available
12/02/2025 Delivered Virtually 11:00 12:30 Bethan Treadgold 19
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