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The Nature Of Distributed Research: Narratives Of Shifting Experience, Jingjing Zhang
The Nature Of Distributed Research: Narratives Of Shifting Experience, Jingjing Zhang
Journal of Educational Technology Development and Exchange (JETDE)
Distributed work over geographical distance is not new, but this century has witnessed a rapid extension of this kind of work (Juan, Daradoumis, Roca, Grasman, & Faulin, 2012). In academia, it seems that the use of many technologies has inevitably led to an increasing trend of distributed research. In an attempt to explore this phenomenon, a qualitative study involving 24 senior researchers was conducted, and their lived and told stories illustrated that they worked together privately and publicly, informally and formally, with a high degree of reciprocity and with written records of their discourse. All forms of research activities, mediated …