Hannah R. R. Gerber & Sandra Schamroth Schamroth Abrams 
Conducting Qualitative Research of Learning in Online Spaces [EPUB ebook] 

Chapter 1: What Is Online Learning and How Is It Informed by Qualitative Research
Guiding Questions
Introduction
Mediated Spaces and Online Learning
Making Pragmatic Choices about Methods
Choosing among Qualitative Traditions
Qualitative Approaches
Research Paradigms and Philosophical Stances in a Study′s Design
Pragmatic Research and Remix: Considering Multimethod Approaches
Remix
Conclusion
Connecting to Your Work
Chapter 2: What Kinds of Online Spaces Exist?
Guiding Questions
Introduction
Conceptualizing Online Spaces as Field Sites
Defining the Field Site
Understanding Networked Field Sites
Learning in Social Networking Forums
Mapping Networked Field Sites
Conclusion
Connecting to Your Work
Chapter 3: How Do We Conceptualize Learning in Online Spaces?
Guiding Questions
Introduction
Using Learning Theory as a Tool fro Research Design
Complementary and Contradictory Theories of Learning
Theories of Learning
Conclusion
Connecting to Your Work
Chapter 4: What Does It Mean to Be a Qualitative Researcher of Online Spaces?
Guiding Questions
Introduction
Aspects of Researching Online Meaning Making
Conclusion
Connecting to Your Work
Chapter 5: What Methodological Tools Are Available for Data Collection?
Guiding Questions
Introduction
Establishing Trustworthiness
Trustworthiness and Analytic Openness
Data Sources
Conclusion
Connecting to Your Work
Chapter 6: What Tools are Available for Data Analysis?
Guiding Questions
Introduction
Moving from Data Collection to Analysis
Considering Data Analysis in Networked Field Sites
Innovation with Methods
Conclusion
Connecting to Your Work
Chapter 7: What Is Ethical Research?
Guiding Questions
Introduction
Research Ethics and Policies across Multiple Contexts
The Public versus the Private Web
Conclusion
Connecting to Your Work
Chapter 8: How Might Research Change in New Times?
Guiding Questions
Introduction
The Complicated Nature of Studying Learning in Online Spaces
(Re)Imagining Research Techniques
Shifting Cultures, Shifting Boundaries
Conclusion
Connecting to Your Work

Alecia Marie Magnifico is a teacher educator and a learning scientist whose research focuses on writing, digital literacies, and learning in formal and informal environments. Currently, she is an assistant professor of English teaching at the University of New Hampshire, where she teaches courses on English teaching, digital literacies, and research methods. Magnifico′s research interests focus on understanding, supporting, and encouraging adolescents′ writing for different audiences. Much of her writing in this area describes and theorizes composition across formal and informal contexts, although she also works with teachers to design curricula and assessments that engage digital tools and multiple literacies. She enjoys the challenge of developing research methods to represent what happens in these complex, social learning spaces. Magnifico′s recent work can be found in Literacy, the Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, and E-Learning and Digital Media.