Research Assistant analyzing student feedback during Okanagan College’s LMS migration. Supporting literature synthesis, data collection, thematic coding, statistics, and research dissemination.
Responsibilities
Assist in gathering, organizing, and summarizing academic literature on educational technology adoption, faculty workload, and LMS design
Help administer and organize research artifacts
Assist with transcribing interview audio
Assist in systematically analyzing institutional artifacts
Perform thematic coding
Compile descriptive statistics
Contribute to drafting research summaries
Prepare summary tables
Format manuscripts and presentations
Support the research team across several key stages of the project
Requirements
Must be a current student at Okanagan College (this is a requirement of the funding source)
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