APPENDIX A

Summary of Research Methods


POINT OF COMPARISON DISCUSSION LISTS CREDO CREO QUESTIONNAIRES
Form of exchange MULTILOGUE DIALOGUE MONOLOGUE DIALOGUE
Request for participation Announcement sent to 6 lists for CREDO 6 for CREO 22 participants from CREDO invited to dialogue
14 participants from CREO invited to dialogue
130 participants are chosen by program specialists following guidelines specified on form sent to them. All questionnaires included invitation to participate in dialogue
Final selection of participants Participants select to subscribe after reading the online invitation 16 agree to participate from CREDO
0 agree from CREO
Participants select to either complete or not complete questionnaire 22 agree to participate
Response to participation request 150 subscribers
92 -CREDO +
48 -CREO
All those who agreed to participate were selected. 88 questionnaires returned 5 participants are selected by researcher on the basis of their lack of use of Internet
Participants Experienced Internet users only Experienced Internet users only Experienced or non- experienced Internet users Non- experienced Internet
users only
Language of use French (CREO) English (CREDO) English English English
Programs, schools represented The list was by invitation. No control for types of schools, areas, programs that were represented. No control for types of schools, areas programs that were represented. Rural and urban schools, Core French and French- Immersion programs, small and large schools Rural and urban schools, Core French program, small and large schools
Format Discussion format Question/answer 8 open-ended questions Unstructured dialogue
Technique Automated list-serve distributed messages to all subscribers Individual E-mails Mail-out questionnaire Telephone
Control Participants researcher Most often researcher Researcher Participants researcher
Number of males vs. females, age No control for these variables No control for these variables No control for these variables No control for these variables
Result Approximately 200 postings 90 postings or messages 88, 2 page questionnaires Approximately 2 hours of taped recordings

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