Online Focus Groups: Electronic Discussions for Research

Authors

  • Roger J. Rezabek Hawkeye Community College

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17169/fqs-1.1.1128

Keywords:

distance education, qualitative research, focus groups, higher education, distance learning, community college, Electronic/online focus group

Abstract

As part of a dissertation research project, an online focus group was created in order to help determine questions and issues to be asked in depth interviews of distance learning students about their motives, barriers and enablers in their decision to enroll in adult distance learning courses. The focus group used asynchronous discussion through a listserve for approximately two and a half months, and identified several key issues that were explored in the depth interviews. An FAQ for Online Focus Groups is included. URN: urn:nbn:de:0114-fqs0001185

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Author Biography

Roger J. Rezabek, Hawkeye Community College

Roger J. REZABEK, Ed.D., has been the Director of Academic Telecommunications and Distance Learning at Hawkeye Community College in Waterloo, Iowa, USA since 1993. He is responsible for the delivery of distance learning programs at the college—interactive television credit and non credit courses, telecourses, and satellite downlinks. Hawkeye is part of the fiber optics Iowa Communications Network and also owns and operates a six site ITFS system. Roger is a native of Illinois, USA, but moved to Iowa in 1978. During his professional career (25 years), Roger has served as an Instructional Design Consultant, Video and Audio Production Specialist, Special Education Media Specialist, and an Administrator of Production Services, for three different regional media centers— in Sioux City, Ft. Dodge, and in Cedar Falls, Iowa. Prior to that, he taught at the secondary level and at the University level, and was a radio and television broadcaster in the U.S. Air Force stationed in the Azores. Roger has also been active in both state and national professional organizations including AECT. He has been a presenter of Media topics at three national conventions and at numerous state and regional conferences. His booklet Teleteaching Handbook (1988) is available through ERIC on microfiche, and his Telecourse Guidebook for Students (1996-99) is available on the internet at the Hawkeye Community College Web Site. He received his Doctorate in Educational Leadership and Postsecondary Education (Ed.D.) from the University of Northern Iowa in 1999.

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Published

2000-01-31

How to Cite

Rezabek, R. J. (2000). Online Focus Groups: Electronic Discussions for Research. Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung Forum: Qualitative Social Research, 1(1). https://doi.org/10.17169/fqs-1.1.1128

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 1 (2000): Qualitative Research: National, Disciplinary, Methodical and Empirical Examples

Section

Research Approaches and Methods

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Copyright (c) 2000 Roger J. Rezabek

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