THE ANECDOTAL RECORD: A TECHNOLOGICAL, HEURISTIC, AND PROBLEM-SOLVING METHOD FOR WRITING THE INVESTIGATIVE PRODUCT

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to provide the academic community with a proactive and technological method to generate research-derived products. The study is approached from a post-positivist paradigm using a qualitative approach. To guide the process, this method is based on the creativity tetrad, Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), and the concepts of life plan, energy, and resolution; it integrates various contributions to strengthen the essential communicative task faced by researchers. Its implementation through the anecdotal record must be channeled via a visionary guideline, where it is essential to identify: What do I want the research to contain? and What do I not want in/from the research? This guideline must always be situated within a life plan. The anecdotal record serves as a means to generate, group, select, and refine ideas through writing to obtain an academic product.