Research-Based Learning: An Interpretive Study

Blended learning : an interpretive action research study

Doing interpretive research

Received: 29 November 2004 Revised: 26 July 2005 Accepted: 4 November 2005 Abstract Interpretive research in information systems (IS) is now a well-established part of the field. However, there is a need for more material on how to carry out such work from inception to publication. I published a paper a decade ago (Walsham, 1995) which addressed the nature of interpretive IS case studies and me...

Interpretive bias in acupuncture research?: A case study.

Acupuncture is one of the most widely used and broadly researched of the complementary and alternative therapies, but high-quality trials generally show no benefit over sham acupuncture. Many would view this result as evidence of ineffectiveness for this intervention. This discussion article focuses on the report of a large multicenter randomized controlled trial of acupuncture for chronic low-...

Understanding Virtual Team Development: An Interpretive Study

In this paper, we develop an understanding of how virtual teams develop over time by inductively studying communication transactions of 12 United States-Canadian student virtual teams involved in ISD. Our analysis is based upon two influential streams of social science research: (1) interaction analysis, which aided in the examination of the micro-processes of communication among members of a v...

Emotion and cardiac technology: an interpretive study.

This paper presents a frequently overlooked aspect of advanced technological care--that of the human dimension and emotions. Emotionality is defined as the emotional ways that a client experiences their embodied experience as a recipient of a cardiac pacemaker. One individual's story from a larger interpretive study of clients who received pacemakers is presented and interpreted. Kev's story en...