As a visual learner, I love conceptualizing my thoughts using abstract elements; it allow for a better understanding and facilitate capturing the complexities. Visual images in qualitative research can be used “as a vehicle for discovering and communicating meanings that emerge in the research process” (Jongeward, 2009, p. 240). Using visuals in qualitative scholarly work provides a context for promoting innovative research and advancing knowledge. Creating the visuals always help me better understand the abstract concepts. These are a few examples of my visualizations, whiteboard videos, and info-graphics that I created in different research projects.
Conceptual framework to study learning spaces in doctoral education
Schematic overview of the sequential yet overlapped phases of the study
Lefebvre’s (1991) spatial triad — Production of space
An example of my research timelines
Coding strategies and development of themes drawing on Thematic analysis
Presentation of my PhD research proposal
A visual summary of my favorite design book, The Design Way (Intentional Change in an Unpredictable World)
The very first info-graphic that I’ve ever made; a review of the literature of design thinking