Using MITx to Teach Qualitative Research Methodology

Professor Susan Silbey & Digital Learning Fellow Megan Perdue spoke on how they used the MITx platform in a unique way in their online ethnography course. They designed questions that prompted students to reflect for their own perspective and to consider the comparative values of qualitative or quantitative methodology in regards a described set of research goals. To read about more digital teaching innovations at MIT visit: openlearning.mit.edu/mit-faculty/residential-digital-innovations.

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