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Tracing Resonance

Qualitative Research in a Networked World

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Methodological Challenges When Exploring Digital Learning Spaces in Education

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As social networks, mobile devices, and other information and communication technologies (ICTs) increasingly transform educational spaces, researchers are confronted with the dual challenge of investigating how these tools are changing the face of education while also trying to mediate the use of these tools in the research process itself.

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  1. Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania, USA

    Amy Stornaiuolo

  2. School of Education, The College of New Jersey, USA

    Matthew Hall

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  1. The Norwegian Centre for ICT in Education, Oslo, Norway

    Greta Björk Gudmundsdottir

  2. Department of Teacher Education and School Research, University of Oslo, Norway

    Kristin Beate Vasbø

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Stornaiuolo, A., Hall, M. (2014). Tracing Resonance. In: Gudmundsdottir, G.B., Vasbø, K.B. (eds) Methodological Challenges When Exploring Digital Learning Spaces in Education. New Research – New Voices. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-737-7_3

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