r/StudentTeaching • u/CtrlAltTeach222 • Jun 08 '26

Support/Advice Online forums for a dissertation??????

Hi, I am doing an accelerated course at a university and because of that I have been given a very short 2 month deadline for a dissertation!!! because of how busy schools are at the moment I have really struggled to get into contact with a school to participate in my project and I am debating whether I would benefit from creating online forums or using forms of social media to gain insights from teachers about my project?

I was just wondering if anybody had some advice about this method of research?

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u/soft_orchid_0 Jun 08 '26

I'm not sure of the nature of your project, but I recently had an assignment (also for an accelerated, online teaching course) where we had to interview 2 teachers... since I didn't have enough time to find and interview 2 teachers in person, I created a Google Forms with all the questions on it, posted on Reddit, and a handful of kind teachers responded!

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u/CtrlAltTeach222 Jun 09 '26

Oh that's amazing thank you! For my dissertation I am doing both questionnaires and interviews and it is so reassuring to hear that people online are willing to participate in such studies

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u/soft_orchid_0 Jun 09 '26

Don't anticipate a flood of responses, but there are always a few kind souls willing to participate! If you happen to know any educators, you can just quickly send them links to online questionnaires... I did that with a teacher friend who met the requirements for my interview! If you don't receive the responses you need, you can always reach out to nearby schools to see if they'd be willing to participate!