Researcher Story
Teaching Higher Education Online
The Researcher
Irene is a doctoral candidate at Walden University, pursuing a PhD in Educational Technology and Design. She is doing her dissertation on the online teaching experiences of community college professors during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Challenge
Irene attempted to recruit participants by posting to Facebook groups, but no one signed up.
Participant Criteria
- Currently works as a professor, adjunct professor, or associate professor at a community college
- Teaches at least 1 online course
- Worked as a professor at a community college and taught online courses during COVID-19 (February 2020 - February 2022)
- Age: 18+ years
- Location: United States
- English proficiency: Advanced or Native
Study Details
- Format In-depth interview
- Interview duration 45 minutes
- Venue Zoom video conference
- Number of participants 10
- Incentive ⭐ $75 gift card ⭐
The Solution
Qualitative met with Irene to discuss her research study and sent her a proposal for participant recruitment. After she decided to move forward with Qualitative, we guided her in setting up her account and creating a participant screener that minimized response bias.
Irene paid the invoice for participant recruitment and Qualitative launched a recruitment funnel for her study. The recruitment funnel did not include an incentive initially, and then a $45 incentive was added. Neither was effective at recruiting community college professors, however, so Irene obtained approval from her IRB to use a $75 incentive. As she conducted interviews, 1 participant needed to be rescheduled and 2 were removed due to not confirming their interview time. Irene completed all 10 interviews in just under 3 weeks after raising her incentive.
The Outcome
By the end of the study, Qualitative had recruited 10 community college professors. 6 had been professors for 5-10 years, 2 had been professors for 10-15 years, and 2 had been professors for more than 20 years. There were 8 females and 2 males. All participants were U.S. residents. 3 participants were from the Northeast, 3 from the Southeast, 1 from the Midwest, 1 from the Southwest, and 2 from the West.
The Feedback
I liked the support from the developer, Neal, and how efficient everything was. Despite having no experience in conducting research, Qualitative enabled me to complete my study in record time. It was an all-in-one solution for chapters 4 and 5 of my PhD study. It took care of my recruitment and survey and was an excellent software solution. The AI data analysis feature did all the heavy lifting for chapter 4. The initial setup was easy, thanks to the free consultation.
Irene Arshad
Doctoral Researcher
Walden University
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