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Unveiling community needs and aspirations: card sorting as a research method for developing digital learning spaces
Koole, Marguerite Rugg, Gordon Touati, Redouane Mcleod, Alanda Richardson, Rae Mairi Footring, Shri
Koole, Marguerite
Rugg, Gordon
Touati, Redouane
Mcleod, Alanda
Richardson, Rae Mairi
Footring, Shri
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2024-10-10
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This pilot study is part of a larger “Decolonization of Digital Learning Spaces” project, which aims to develop research tools for communities that are remote and/or excluded geographically, politically, economically, socially, culturally, and linguistically. The project’s ultimate goal is to work alongside these communities to design their own digital learning tools, networks, and online educational environments by accessing and leveraging their knowledge and skills. Testing the single-criterion card sorting method is the first step toward this goal. Card sorting is an easy, enjoyable, and cost-effective method for data collection and analysis, particularly for researchers working in remote areas with limited access to electricity or the Internet. The pilot explored singlecriterion card sorting as a method to elicit knowledge from two diverse cultural and linguistic groups engaged in learning activities within their communities. These groups were from a Deaf and Hard of Hearing (DHH) community in Canada (engaged in a bowmaking workshop) and a rural Kabyle community in Algeria (engaged in a traditional cooking lesson). Despite low participant numbers, distinct patterns emerged, indicating the method's effectiveness. The results, though anticipated, were non-random, demonstrating the potential of card sorting in producing patterns indicative of how individuals and/or communities categorize their world(s). Kabyle sortings focused on ingredients, highlighting older individuals as teachers passing along knowledge, while the DHH sortings emphasized face-to-face contact and hand movements in communication. The findings, though modest, established relationships, provided insights into the research context and offered logistical understanding, paving the way for further work with DHH and Kabyle communities towards the design of digital learning spaces.
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Koole, M., Rugg, G., Traxler, J., Smith, M., Touati, R., Mcleod, A., Richardson, R. M., & Footring, S. (2024). Unveiling community needs and aspirations: Card sorting as a research method for developing digital learning spaces. International Journal of Educational Methodology, 10(4), 609-628. https://doi.org/10.12973/ijem.10.4.609
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© 2024 The Authors. Published by Rhapsode. This is an open access article available under a Creative Commons licence. The published version can be accessed at the following link on the publisher’s website: https://doi.org/10.12973/ijem.10.4.609
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2469-9632
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This project is funded through a Partnership Pilot grant awarded through the Vice Provost, Research, University of Saskatchewan (ID #357122).