(October 21th, 2021)

In the second session of the Online Short Course Series program, the Untirta International Service Center (Pelita) presented Vera Syamsi, Ph.D. from Sampoerna University Indonesia, who discussed data collection in Qualitative Research. Held through the Zoom platform on Thursday, October 21, 2021 at 14:00, the session was attended by 140 participants from various cities and universities, such as UNS, UNIMED, IKIP SILIWANGI, UPI, and IAIN Sorong.

Moderated by Dr. Aisyah Hamidiah, M.Pd, lecturer in English Education untirta, in this session, Dr. Vera explained that before collecting research data, a researcher must first recognize the purpose of the study. By knowing the purpose of the research, the researcher will be able to determine the focus, and recognize the philosopis roots of the study so that they can choose the appropriate data collection techniques and instruments to answer their research questions. Furthermore, the big fans of The Read Madrid football club present qualitative data collection techniques such as interviews, focus group discussions, documents, audio & visual materials, observations, and questionnaires. The third session of the short course will be held on October 28 at the same time with speaker Dr. Murti Ayu Wijayanti who will discuss qualitative data analysis, make sure you do not miss it.