Hi Virginia: Not to worry, your review of open research the other day was invaluable, the quant and the qual. You are right that I could get into some rich inquiry, but it could be complicated. That is a weakness. Hm…have to think about this. [logo gif] Warm Regards, Deirdre Maultsaid (she/her) Instructor, Applied Communications School of Business Kwantlen Polytechnic University Surrey Cedar 2010; Richmond 2900 deirdre.maultsaid@kpu.ca<mailto:deirdre.maultsaid@kpu.ca> Our campuses are located on the unceded & traditional territories of the Kwantlen, Musqueam, Katzie, Semiahmoo, Tsawwassen, Qay’qayt and Kwikwetlem peoples.//This email has been created using dictation. Kwantlen Polytechnic University ► Where thought meets action This email may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you received this email in error please delete the email and inform the sender immediately. Unauthorized distribution or use is strictly prohibited. From: Clinton-Lisell, Virginia [mailto:virginia.clinton@und.edu] Sent: May 5, 2021 6:02 PM To: Deirdre Maultsaid &lt;deirdre.maultsaid(a)kpu.ca&gt; Subject: Re: [OERI 2021] multiple modes of expression OR research instruments CAUTION External Sender: Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Hello Deirdre, Based on what you described, the answers are yes and yes. You are applying UDL (a good thing), but you will have three research instruments. It sounds like you'll be doing more of a qualitative approach though, so I think the richness of that inquiry would work with variable research methods (we quant folks tend to be more rigid). I would recommend being clear about this approach and its strengths/weaknesses. That said, if you really want to make comparisons (as opposed to descriptions), having students choose different modes of expression is complicated. I hope this helps! Virginia ________________________________ From: OERI2021 <oeri2021-bounces@lists.bccampus.ca<mailto:oeri2021-bounces@lists.bccampus.ca>> on behalf of Deirdre Maultsaid <deirdre.maultsaid@kpu.ca<mailto:deirdre.maultsaid@kpu.ca>> Sent: Wednesday, May 5, 2021 5:44 PM To: oeri2021@lists.bccampus.ca<mailto:oeri2021@lists.bccampus.ca> <oeri2021@lists.bccampus.ca<mailto:oeri2021@lists.bccampus.ca>> Subject: [OERI 2021] multiple modes of expression OR research instruments Hello Colleagues: I am grateful for all the past research, the presentations, the resources and the chats at OERI2021 so far. I was speaking with our mentor Michelle Harrison and my other affinity group member Maya Hey about ways for students to express thoughts and feelings about their own processes during a research project involving them. I want to complement the student focus groups I am organizing (not yet REB approved). I would like students to document their own process. I would provide students a choice on how to document, for example, in a written diary, and audio diary, or concept map. Am I simply and justly applying Universal Design for Learning principles, encouraging multiple means of expression as I would in class? Or, and this is the question, because each of those mediums and activities is different—writing, speaking, drawing—am I creating three research instruments? Thoughts? Michelle and Maya can add here to further represent our conversation. (I am the KPU Open Research Fellow, 2021-2022, overlapping with the extremely clever inaugural Research Fellow, Melissa Ashman who gave a lightning talk on Monday. ) [logo gif] Warm Regards, Deirdre Maultsaid (she/her) Instructor, Applied Communications School of Business Kwantlen Polytechnic University Surrey Cedar 2010; Richmond 2900 deirdre.maultsaid@kpu.ca<mailto:deirdre.maultsaid@kpu.ca> Our campuses are located on the unceded & traditional territories of the Kwantlen, Musqueam, Katzie, Semiahmoo, Tsawwassen, Qay’qayt and Kwikwetlem peoples.//This email has been created using dictation. Kwantlen Polytechnic University ► Where thought meets action This email may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you received this email in error please delete the email and inform the sender immediately. Unauthorized distribution or use is strictly prohibited.