Arts-based educational research: The challenges of social media and video-based research methods in communication design education
Author Identifier (ORCID)
Lorraine Marshalsey: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0127-6204
Abstract
This article discusses the practical and ethical challenges and benefits of using social mediaand video-based research methods – also known as Photovoice – to investigatecontemporary Communication Design education. The two visual research methods discussedinclude the social media mobile application Snapchatâ and participant-generated GoProâvideo filming. The investigation focused on understanding students’ on-the-ground, livedexperiences of studio learning within two distinctive higher education case study settings inthe United Kingdom and Australia. This study employed Participatory Action Research (PAR)as an inquiry process and incorporated a methodological framework involving a combinationof narrative inquiry, visual Participatory Design (PD) and visual ethnography. The findings ofthis study revealed the impact of specialised studio and classroom-based TechnologyEnhanced Learning (TEL) on student learning and engagement as the participants expresseddiffering responses to their own learning and community of practice at each site. The choiceof arts-based educational research methods used for this study allowed the relationshipsbetween place, lived experience, and community to be explored. Students, in effect, becameinvestigators of their own practice through engagement in a rigorous set of visual methods,which placed the tools directly into their hands.
Document Type
Journal Article
Date of Publication
8-21-2019
Volume
38
Issue
3
Publication Title
The International Journal of Art and Design Education
Publisher
Wiley
School
School of Arts and Humanities
RAS ID
82314
Copyright
subscription content
First Page
723
Last Page
739
Comments
Marshalsey, L., & Sclater, M. (2019). Arts-based educational research: The challenges of social media and video-based research methods in communication design education. International Journal of Art & Design Education, 38(3), 723–739. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1111/jade.12252