Joaquim Pais Barbosa, Lusófona University of Porto (vice-rector)
Catarina Brandão, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Porto (co-chair)
António Pedro Costa, University of Aveiro (WCQR coordinator)

Davys Moreno (Violin Performance - www.davys.pro)

Empowering qualitative research methods with artificial intelligence
Luca Longo, Technological University Dublin - Ireland

Artificial Intelligence is one of the fastest growing disciplines, disrupting many sectors. Originally mainly for computer scientists and engineers, it has been expanding its horizons and empowering many other disciplines contributing to the development of many novel applications in many sectors. These include medicine and health care, business and finance, psychology and neuroscience, physics and biology. However, one of the disciplines in which artificial intelligence has not yet been fully explored and exploited yes is education. In this discipline, many research methods are employed by scholars and lecturers to investigate the impact of different instructional approaches on learning and on the acquisition of skills and knowledge by learners. One of these methods is qualitative research, a scientific method grounded in observations that manipulates and analyses non-numerical data. It focuses on seeking answers to why and how a particular observed phenomenon occurs rather than on its occurrences. This study is aimed at exploring and discussing the impact of artificial intelligence on qualitative research methods in education. In particular, it focuses on how artificial intelligence can empower qualitative research methods, employed in education, for enhancing teaching and learning.

Design fiction and the social, cultural, and ethical implications of emerging technologies [Palacio da Bolsa Room]

Design fiction is a design practice aiming at exploring and criticising possible futures by creating speculative, and sometimes provocative, scenarios narrated through designed artefacts. This demo session introduces the concept, basic elements and some genres of design fiction through exposition and selected case studies. It also allows participants to get first-hand contact with the early stages of the process of creating a diegetic prototype. In the end Participants will be knowledgeable about the overall concept and will grasp some of its particularities. Read more >>

Literature Review with webQDA: better organization, faster process, stellar results [Clérigos Tower Room]

Literature Review is an important step for researchers, as it allows to synthesize previously produced knowledge and identify gaps in proposing new studies. The use of digital tools to support literature review, and qualitative analysis in general, provides better organization, quality and validation of the research process. The purpose of this Demo Session is to present webQDA as a potential tool to support Literature Review and showcase an example of LR with the use of this software. Read more >>

Introduction to ATLAS.ti 8 Windows: Tools for Digging into your Qualitative Data [Sé Room]

ATLAS.ti is a powerful computer-assisted qualitative data analysis software (CAQDAS) that facilitates the analysis of unstructured and semi-structured data in any discipline. This workshop will present a global overview of ATLAS.ti 8 Windows, including the fundamental procedures related to creating a project, segmenting the data, coding… Read more >>

Data Mining using RAPIDMINER for Mixed Methods Research [Palacio da Bolsa Room]

Mixed methods research includes mixing qualitative and quantitative data, methods, methodologies, and/or paradigms in a research study or set of related studies. Mixed methods research enable to provide a more complete view, and use correct/adequate methods for the different phases of a research project which enables to achieve better and more complete results. Read more >>

Literature Review with webQDA: better organization, faster process, stellar results [Clérigos Tower Room]

Literature Review is an important step for researchers, as it allows to synthesize previously produced knowledge and identify gaps in proposing new studies. The use of digital tools to support literature review, and qualitative analysis in general, provides better organization, quality and validation of the research process. The purpose of this Demo Session is to present webQDA as a potential tool to support Literature Review and showcase an example of LR with the use of this software. Read more >>

Introduction to ATLAS.ti 8 Windows: Tools for Digging into your Qualitative Data [Sé Room]

ATLAS.ti is a powerful computer-assisted qualitative data analysis software (CAQDAS) that facilitates the analysis of unstructured and semi-structured data in any discipline. This workshop will present a global overview of ATLAS.ti 8 Windows, including the fundamental procedures related to creating a project, segmenting the data, coding… Read more >>

At the Intersection of Art, Science and Technology, The Estonian STARTS.EE initiative
David Lamas, Tallinn University - Estonia

STARTS.EE is Tallinn University umbrella initiative promoting encounters between science, technology and the arts, for the benefit of society. The aim is to build on Tallinn University’s potential and to open up its research and development activities to the outer world, strengthening its abilities and increasing societal and cultural impact. Although STARTS.EE has strong links to an environment where multidisciplinary exchanges already happen, we still feel the need to promote stronger ties between the creative approaches on the one hand and the science and technology development practices on the other. As such, our programme builds on three streams of activity: Residencies; Seasonal schools, workshops, courses; and Publications, presentations and public discussions. In this address, an overview of past and ongoing activities will be provided together with a reflection on the perceived impact of the initiative. The contribution will also dwell into the framing and reframing of art-science collaborations from a more theoretical perspective as an attempt to provide grounds for full exploitation of its potential.

Maus Hábitos literally means Bad Habits. Bad habits because cultural intervention to be socially meaningful and fruitful, and to prevent it from staying only in the dimension of the purely decorative, cannot be "well behaved", but innovative, subversive and transgressive. A space for cultural intervention with an interdisciplinary character, offering areas and proper equipment and human resources to receive exhibitions, various shows, such as concerts, theatre, performing arts, space for rehearsals, training and artistic residencies, as well as there’s also room to enjoy a good meal, either vegetarian, portuguese typicals or marvellous pizzas.

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