Abstract
This essay discusses the EdD Program design and qualitative research course sequence at Drexel University, a private, non-profit institution. This large program admits up to 140 EdD students annually with approximately 100 attending fully online and 40 attending hybrid offerings at the main campus and at a satellite program in Washington, DC. The essay features a qualitative course observation activity designed by Janesick (2011) to be used face-to-face and details how the activity has been adapted for virtual delivery at East Coast University. As a literature review revealed a paucity of published works on teaching observation qualitatively, the authors seek to contribute to the knowledge base with particular emphasis on faculty teaching in an online program. Based upon the East Coast University faculty’s use of this observation activity, students develop increased understanding of the roles of perception and perspective in qualitative observation.
 
Highlights
On a parallel path, the seeds of online education were being planted in the form of correspondence courses with lectures delivered over the radio
After introducing our EdD program and our stances as teachers and researchers, we describe our approach to teaching observation skills in an online qualitative research course
Our adaptation of Janesick’s (2011) observation activity adds to the small selection of works on teaching observation as a qualitative research skill in an online learning environment
Summary
Two literature reviews about teaching qualitative research have been published. The first literature synthesis by Wagner et al (2019) examined 39 research studies. This journal is supported by the Carnegie Project on the Education Doctorate: A Knowledge Forum on the
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