Taking Live Field Notes: Advanced Qualitative Techniques

Engage Your Audience & Create a Social Presence for Your Research

What you'll learn

Explain what live field notes are

Identify techniques for taking live field notes

Explain how to connect field notes with an audience

Identify techniques for keeping fields notes organized

Identify ways to process and reflect on field notes

Explain the concept of live analysis

Requirements

You will need a device with an internet connection for taking field notes and sending them out to an audience. You will need to identify appropriate apps for connecting your notes with an audience.

Description

This course is an introduction to the concept of live field note taking. You will learn what live field notes are, how they are similar to and different from traditional field notes, and you will learn how to take them in ways that are appropriate for your research context. This course is intended to expand on basic concepts you have already learned and enacted in applying qualitative research. It is assumed you have some knowledge and experience with taking and analyzing field notes in their traditional format.You will learn how to connect your field notes with an audience and identify apps that are appropriate for your project. I will share with you techniques I have found helpful for organizing and processing my own live field notes. The course ends with a brief introduction to the concept of live analysis to help you get thinking about next steps.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Welcome!

Lecture 2 Meet Your Instructor

Lecture 3 How To Take This Course

Section 2: What Are Field Notes?

Lecture 4 Field Notes: The Basics

Lecture 5 What Are Live Field Notes?

Lecture 6 Intro to Taking Live Field Notes

Lecture 7 Connecting Your Field Notes to an Audience

Section 3: Organizing Your Live Field Notes

Lecture 8 How To Organize Live Field Notes

Lecture 9 Processing and Reflecting on Live Field Notes

Lecture 10 Live Analysis

This course assume you have basic knowledge about qualitative research. Ideally, you understand what traditional field notes are and have some experience with taking and analyzing them.