Walther, J., & Sochacka, N. (2015, June), Building Capacity and Social Capital around Interpretive Research Quality  Paper presented at 2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Seattle, Washington. 10.18260/p.23642

\bibitem{asee_peer_23642}
  Walther, J., \& Sochacka, N. (2015, June), \emph{Building Capacity and Social Capital around Interpretive Research Quality}
  Paper presented at 2015 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Seattle, Washington.
  10.18260/p.23642

Joachim Walther and Nicola Sochacka.  "Building Capacity and Social Capital around Interpretive Research Quality".  2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Seattle, Washington, 2015, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2015.  https://peer.asee.org/23642 Internet.  24 Apr, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_23642}
  Joachim Walther and Nicola Sochacka.
  "Building Capacity and Social Capital around Interpretive Research Quality".
  \emph{2015 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Seattle, Washington, 2015, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2015.
  https://peer.asee.org/23642 Internet.  24 Apr, 2024

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AB  -               Ethical validation as a key outcome of a practice-based         collaborative process to build capacity and social capital around                           interpretive research qualitySet in the context of an NSF-funded CAREER project, this paper describes a collaborative effortin the engineering education research community to build social capital and capacity aroundquestions of research quality. To date, this effort has entailed: i) two one and a half day‘longitudinal’ interactive workshops with leading qualitative researchers in the field ofengineering education and their graduate students (2013, n = 9 faculty, n = 8 graduate students;2014, n = 8 faculty, n = 10 graduate students), and ii) three broader participation workshops atnational and international engineering education conferences (AAEE 2012, n = 16; ASEE 2013,n = 112; FIE 2014, n = 13). This paper describes the model of the ongoing collaborativeengagement process, summarizes findings and insights concerning research quality, andelaborates on the development of the notion of ethical validation as one example outcome fromthe practice-based collaborative endeavor.At the outset of the project, the purpose was to build on an initial theoretical understanding ofresearch quality with the view to developing a quality framework that reflects the practices ofengineering education researchers. After the first longitudinal workshop, however, it becameclear that the two dimensions of the initial proposal: a) the process model, and b) the fourvalidation constructs and Process Reliability, resonated with the participants and helped them tosituate and work with quality challenges in the context of their own projects.Building on the momentum from the first longitudinal workshop, it was decided to pursue a‘multiple voices’ paper, which six out of the nine faculty participants at the workshop committedto contributing to. This process, which is still ongoing, has led to a deeper and more nuancedunderstanding of the initial proposed quality framework, with a particular focus on interactionsbetween the different aspects of validation and Process Reliability, as well as a betterunderstanding of possible misconceptions of the categories. It is also in the context of workingon this collaborative effort that a “question-based” format of the quality framework wasdeveloped to inform quality planning activities.As one of the key outcomes of the project, this paper introduces the notion of Ethical Validationto complement the existing framework of validation constructs and process reliability. Wetheoretically frame Ethical Validation as a coherent effort that spans the entire research processthus expanding existing considerations of participant protection and confidentiality. Based on ananalysis of practice anecdotes from projects of the authors of the paper, we propose ethicalvalidation as an integrating and contextualizing element of the quality framework that situatestheoretical consideration of quality in the lived experiences of the shared meaning makingbetween participants and researchers.
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