This strategy can be used for: Dissemination
Researchers take photos of their research experience and compile these photos in a "scrapbook." The scrapbook can be used to share the research process and/or findings with others. This can be an accessible alternative to a written article or spoken presentation.
Accommodations for Remote Collaboration
- Make a scrapbook using online photo album or slide show software.
- Post images to a discussion board or file sharing platform, and ask team members to post comments about what pictures they want to include and why.
- Use collaborative documents to work on the book either in "real-time" while video conferencing or "asynchronously."
Access Accommodations and Support
- Provide photo file names that clearly describe the photo content (e.g., Carmen interviewing the politician) , rather than the "number" assigned by the camera (e.g., IMG_23490).
- Mail printed pictures to team members so they can physically arrange the images in order of preference.
Security note: Organizations might limit the type of information research teams are allowed to gather using photography. Research teams should check with their organization before collecting data using photography in the community and sharing these photos. Research teams may need to follow procedures to inform community-members who may appear in photographs, even if they are not the research participants.
Resources
- This document contains information that research teams can give to community members who may appear in photos/videos during data collection: Information template-community photos and videos
- There are many online tools that you can use to upload pictures and create a printable scrapbook:
- Video describing how to make a scrapbook using Snapfish
- Video describing how to make a scrapbook using Shutterfly
Tools to Explore
Here are links to several other tools that teams can use to make digital or printed scrapbooks:
- Websites that you can use to produce physical scrap books:
- Canva is a web platform that you can use to make a digital scrapbook
- Slide/presentation programs can be used to make scrapbooks that can be shared digitally or printed:
References
Examples of studies using this strategy
Cumming, T. M., Strnadová, I., Knox, M., & Parmenter, T. (2014). Mobile technology in inclusive research: Tools of empowerment. Disability & Society, 29(7), 999–1012. https://doi.org/10.1080/09687599.2014.886556
Strnadová, I., Cumming, T. M., Knox, M., & Parmenter, T. (2014). Building an inclusive research team: The importance of team building and skills training. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities : JARID, 27(1), 13–22. https://doi.org/10.1111/jar.12076
White, E. L., & Morgan, M. F. (2012). Yes! I am a researcher. The research story of a young adult with Down syndrome. British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 40(2), 101–108. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-2779-6_129-1
Williamson, H. J., van Heumen, L., & Schwartz, A. E. (2020). Photovoice with Individuals with Intellectual and/or Developmental Disabilities: Lessons Learned from Inclusive Research Efforts. Collaborations: A Journal of Community-Based Research and Practice, 3(1), 8. https://doi.org/10.33596/coll.45
Examples of studies using this accommodation
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