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This is an `open access' work: an Open Educational Resource or Open CourseWare. We explicitly allow using and re-using the materials for non-commercial purposes, and if the materials are useful and are used, that will give us a great deal of pleasure. | This is an `open access' work: an Open Educational Resource or Open CourseWare. We explicitly allow using and re-using the materials for non-commercial purposes, and if the materials are useful and are used, that will give us a great deal of pleasure. | ||
As an open educational resource, the materials are licensed under a Creative Commons By-NC-SA license, allowing you to reuse the materials provided that you do not make commercial use | As an open educational resource, the materials are licensed under a Creative Commons By-NC-SA license, allowing you to reuse the materials provided that you do not make commercial use and share any derived materials under the same license. The license also asks that you acknowledge this manual as the source (so that other people can easily find it) and let us know how you have developed the ideas. Please cite the original contributions on this source as ‘Singal, N., and Jeffery, R. (2008). ''Qualitative Research Skills Workshop: A Facilitator's Reference Manual'', http://manual.recoup.educ.cam.ac.uk/, Cambridge: RECOUP (Research Consortium on Educational Outcomes and Poverty)'. | ||
and share any derived materials under the same license. The license also asks that you acknowledge this manual as the source (so that other people can easily find it) and let us know how you have developed the ideas. (The license text [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ is available on the Creative Commons site], and further details can be found on [[RECOUP:Copyrights]].) | |||
(The license text [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ is available on the Creative Commons site], and further details can be found on [[RECOUP/site/RECOUP/Copyrights|RECOUP:Copyrights]].) | |||
Moreover, beyond the text of the manual, this wiki itself is a community resource. We welcome and encourage contributions, comments, amendments, translations: This is your resource. Read the [[Community]] page to find out more. | Moreover, beyond the text of the manual, this wiki itself is a community resource. We welcome and encourage contributions, comments, amendments, translations: This is your resource. Read the [[RECOUP/Community|Community]] page to find out more. | ||
= Reading and downloading = | = Reading and downloading = | ||
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'''For reading online''', you have these options: | '''For reading online''', you have these options: | ||
* For full interactivity, you can of course also read the text on the [[Main Page|present wiki]]. | * For full interactivity, you can of course also read the text on the [[RECOUP/Main Page|present wiki]]. | ||
* Internet connectivity and low bandwidth are serious issues at many less resourced institutions, and if you find that that the html version is too slow to use, you can use [http://www.ict4e.net/mirror_recoup/index.php this version instead]. It has very small pages (conforming to low bandwidth accessibility guidelines), and you can turn images off. You can also access this version through the [http://www.ict4e.net/mirror_recoup/index.php?page=Introduction switch to plain text link], which will switch the whatever page you are reading to plain text. | * Internet connectivity and low bandwidth are serious issues at many less resourced institutions, and if you find that that the html version is too slow to use, you can use [http://www.ict4e.net/mirror_recoup/index.php this version instead]. It has very small pages (conforming to low bandwidth accessibility guidelines), and you can turn images off. You can also access this version through the [http://www.ict4e.net/mirror_recoup/index.php?page=Introduction switch to plain text link], which will switch the whatever page you are reading to plain text. | ||
You can also '''download''' the manual, in a number of ways: | You can also '''download''' the manual, in a number of ways: | ||
* While browsing the wiki, you can download individual pages as PDF, using the in-built 'Download as PDF' facility. Simply click the 'Download as PDF' link, that can be found in the 'toolbox' left-hand menu, to download the present page as PDF. | * While browsing the wiki, you can download individual pages as PDF, using the in-built 'Download as PDF' facility. Simply click the 'Download as PDF' link, that can be found in the 'toolbox' left-hand menu, to download the present page as PDF. | ||
* Likewise, you can download any individual page as Open Document Text (ODT), by using the 'Download as ODT' link also located in the 'toolbox'. To edit the ODT document, see [[Help:OpenOffice]]. | * Likewise, you can download any individual page as Open Document Text (ODT), by using the 'Download as ODT' link also located in the 'toolbox'. To edit the ODT document, see [[RECOUP/site/Help/OpenOffice|Help:OpenOffice]]. | ||
* When browsing the wiki, you can of course also download the wiki text, using the edit (or view source) links for the manual pages or various sections. | * When browsing the wiki, you can of course also download the wiki text, using the edit (or view source) links for the manual pages or various sections. | ||
However, you can also download the manual as a single pdf file from our [[downloads]] page, and you can order printed copies from a print-on-demand service. See [[downloads]] for further information. | However, you can also '''download the manual as a single pdf''' file from our [[RECOUP/Downloads|downloads]] page, and you can order printed copies from a print-on-demand service. See [[RECOUP/Downloads|downloads]] for further information. | ||
'''Keeping local copies.''' If you wish to make the manual available to your students locally, for instance while running a course using these materials at your institution, but you are suffering from poor internet connectivity and low bandwidth, we can offer you an easy-to-install mirroring solution, that provides mirroring for your local area network. Please see [[Help:Access]] for further information. | '''Keeping local copies.''' If you wish to make the manual available to your students locally, for instance while running a course using these materials at your institution, but you are suffering from poor internet connectivity and low bandwidth, we can offer you an easy-to-install mirroring solution, that provides mirroring for your local area network. Please see [[RECOUP/site/Help/Access|Help:Access]] for further information. | ||
We welcome your feedback on the usability of the manual. Please contact us with any feedback you may have on technical or other aspects. Information about access can be found on [[Help:Access]]. | We welcome your feedback on the usability of the manual. Please contact us with any feedback you may have on technical or other aspects. Information about access can be found on [[RECOUP/site/Help/Access|Help:Access]]. | ||
= Contributing = | = Contributing = | ||
At | At first glance, the present manual is simple a web site: It can be read, and used, just like any other website. However, those familiar with [[wikipedia:wiki|wikis]] will already have noticed that the manual is presented as a wiki, using the same software (namely [http://www.mediawiki.org/ MediaWiki]) as [[wikipedia:Main Page|wikipedia]]. | ||
This means that you can not only read this manual, but you can contribute to it. Anybody can create an account using the [[Special:UserLogin|'Log in / create account']] link at the top right, and start contributing. To find out more about contributing, visit the [[Help:Contents]] page. | This means that you can not only read this manual, but you can contribute to it. Anybody can create an account using the [[Special:UserLogin|'Log in / create account']] link at the top right, and start contributing. To find out more about contributing, visit the [[RECOUP/site/Help/Contents|Help:Contents]] page. | ||
= Hopes and fears = | = Hopes and fears = | ||
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As a final note, we repeat: '''we see this manual as a starting point, not a final product'''. We know we have not addressed many key philosophical issues that many people (ourselves included) believe should be thoroughly discussed before a researcher goes into the field: but such discussions can be found elsewhere and we do not want to replicate these excellent resources. We believe that training courses based on this manual have the ability to lay strong foundations for people to go on to become good qualitative researchers, even though the manual addresses only a limited range of issues. We hope that you will be inspired to use it, and with your ingenuity adapt and improve it. | As a final note, we repeat: '''we see this manual as a starting point, not a final product'''. We know we have not addressed many key philosophical issues that many people (ourselves included) believe should be thoroughly discussed before a researcher goes into the field: but such discussions can be found elsewhere and we do not want to replicate these excellent resources. We believe that training courses based on this manual have the ability to lay strong foundations for people to go on to become good qualitative researchers, even though the manual addresses only a limited range of issues. We hope that you will be inspired to use it, and with your ingenuity adapt and improve it. | ||
'''[[User | '''[[RECOUP/site/User/Nidhi|Nidhi Singal]]''', University of Cambridge | ||
'''[[User | '''[[RECOUP/site/User/Roger|Roger Jeffery]]''', University of Edinburgh | ||
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