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Chapter 14 - Virtual Qualitative Data Collection

A South African Autoethnographic Perspective

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 November 2024

By
Shantel Lewis ,
Charlene Downing  and
Christopher M. Hayre
Edited by
Paul M.W. Hackett ,
Christopher M. Hayre ,
Dave Muller ,
Marcia Scherer  and
Ava Gordley-Smith
Paul M.W. Hackett
Affiliation:
Emerson College, Boston
Christopher M. Hayre
Affiliation:
The University of Canberra
Dave Muller
Affiliation:
Suffolk University, Massachusetts
Marcia Scherer
Affiliation:
University of Rochester Medical Center, New York
Ava Gordley-Smith
Affiliation:
University of Suffolk
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Summary

This chapter provides an overview of selected studies assessing technology-aided programs to promote independent leisure and communication or combinations of independent leisure, communication, and daily activities in people with mild to moderate intellectual disability often associated with sensory and/or motor impairments. The studies included in the overview offer an opportunity to describe the development of those programs, the technology solutions used to support them, and their outcomes in terms of participants’ independent performance. Following the presentation of the programs and their outcomes, the discussion focuses on three main issues: (a) effectiveness of the programs and methodological considerations, (b) accessibility and affordability of the programs, and (c) implications of the programs for professionals working in daily contexts. With regard to the last issue, an effort was made to examine ethical and moral questions that may accompany the possible decisions of professionals to adopt those programs in daily contexts.

Keywords

data collectionqualitative researchSouth Africatelephone interviewsvirtual/digital/online platforms
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The Future of Qualitative Research in Healthcare
The Role and Management of Digital Methods
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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