(Driscoll, 1984; 1989a, b, c; 1990a, b; 1991a, b; 1995), generally suggesting that the use of qualitative and naturalistic methods would advance the field by permitting us to investigate questions that cannot be answered through experiments alone. In that time, interest in qualitative and field-based methods of inquiry has certainly increased. The Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT), which publishes this journal, now offers an award for qualitative research, and a number of individuals in the field have worked hard to showcase alternative inquiry methods such as narrative
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