IPhone, iResearch. Exploring the use of smart phones in the teaching and learning of visual qualitative methodologies: Innovative teaching idea. Issue 1 (3rd April 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Costa, Rosalina
• Is Part Of: Journal of visual literacy. Volume 38:Issue 1/2(2019)
• Page Start: 153
• Page End: 162
• Publication Date: 2019-04-03
• Subjects: Creative methodologies -- mobile methods -- qualitative inquiry -- social mobile devices (SMD) -- visually literate student; Visual literacy -- United States -- Periodicals; Visual learning -- United States -- Periodicals; Visual communication -- United States -- Periodicals; Visual learning; Visual literacy; United States; Periodicals; 302.22605
• DOI: 10.1080/1051144X.2019.1567073
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1051-144X

Abstract

Abstract: Mobile phones are a characteristic artefact of contemporary societies, transversally present in both public and private spheres, including the students' daily life. This paper showcases an innovative teaching activity that takes advantage of this fact by promoting and valuing the use of smart phones in the university classrooms, specifically when teaching and learning visual qualitative research methodologies. While collecting and interpreting data, sociology undergraduate students were invited to use their smart phones and respective apps, thus combining textual annotations with audio, photo and video recording facilities. By the end, this strategy proved to be especially important in the development of the next generation of scholars' competences to generate imaged-based records effectively and efficiently in order to answer research questions, inform interpretation and develop questions for further research.