Findings - Thinking Beyond Tools: Writing Program Administration& Digital literacies

Findings: Method of Analysis

For closed-ended questions, I used descriptive statistics to report on the data. For open-ended questions, recognizing that the coding process is always subjective (Umbach, 2005), I assigned multiple codes to each response and sorted the data in various ways to note prevalent themes and patterns. Because open-ended questions leave room for interpretation and respondents can often respond to the same question in different ways, the process of analysis was iterative as opposed to necessarily conclusive. Some numbers are relatively low when trends are reported because only a certain number of WPAs may have chosen to answer a certain aspect of a question. Yet, the issues that surfaced in this study can further discussions regarding how WPAs can implement sustainable and productive digital literacy practices in their programs. I invite you to choose your own adventure, below, exploring the survey data based on your interests.

I also invite you to explore more details about my data analysis approach and themes in the data, perhaps examining the screenshots alongside the findings.

Choice 2

Choice 1

Implementations

See if WPAs are integrating digital literacies programmatically.

Motivations

Examine WPAs' motivations for or against implementing digital literacies.

via GIPHY

Choice 3

Multiliteracies

See in what ways the discourses & practices of WPAs reflect Selber's multiliteracies.

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While I suggest reading this webtext from left to right following the navigation buttons, the sections of the "findings" category can be read in any order, based on your interests, and the "implications" section can be explored at the beginning or end of your reading experience. I also suggest navigating back to the "theory" section to compare the theoretical framework to the survey findings/implications. You might also find it useful to read my approach to data analysis in conjunction with the findings.