Digital data can provide a rich but also challenging empirical basis for social science research. Multimodality offers theoretical and methodological frameworks for analyzing these data. Focusing on the social interaction captured and/or shaped by digital technologies multimodality attends to all forms of representation and communication, including language, body posture, gaze, and moving image.

This one day introductory course, organised as part of the NCRM MODE node, will provide participants with:

- explications of multimodal frameworks & procedures;

- an introduction to the use of key terms and concepts;

- direct experience of analyzing digital data ;

- critical discussions of limits & possibilities of multimodal approaches.

It will draw on digital multimodal research from a range of contexts including health and education. It will explore these topics through a mixture of presentations, interactive data workshops, discussion and a panel Q & A session.

Outline of programme:

10.00: Introduction

10.15: Data workshop 1:  Digital Video research (Professor Carey  Jewitt)

Data workshop 2: Embodiment /Tangible and haptic technologies(Dr Sara     Price)

3.00:     Coffee and tea

3.30:    Choice from two parallel data sessions

Data workshop 3: Analyzing digital resources/online environments (Dr Jeff Bezemer)

Data workshop 4: Movement and space in digital environments (Profesor   Andrew Burn)

5.00:     Panel Q and A discussion

5.30:    Close

Registration

To register for this training session (cost: £40/PhD students: £20), please visit our  online registration page

For more information about MODE and other upcoming training events, please visit our website: http://mode.ioe.ac.uk