EDIT 6900: Research Methods in Instructional Technology UGA, Instructional Technology Spring, 2010 If you can hear audio, click If you cannot hear audio, click If you have a question, click Lloyd Rieber Co-Instructor Greg Francom Graduate Assistant TJ Kopcha Co-Instructor
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EDIT 6900: Research Methods in Instructional Technology
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EDIT 6900: Research Methods in Instructional Technology
UGA, Instructional Technology
Spring, 2010
If you can hear audio, click
If you cannot hear audio, click
If you have a question, click
Lloyd RieberCo-Instructor
Greg FrancomGraduate Assistant
TJ KopchaCo-Instructor
Four Topics for Today• Lessons from the “LSAT Logic in
Everyday Life” Podcast
• Debrief Literature Critique RDA
• Conducting a Review of Literature– Overview of the next RDA
• Planning Your Research (or Development) Project
Course Project:Will you do this individually or
with a partner?Date to decide by: February 5To declare your intention, update your
class profile and write the name of your partner or the word “individual” in the field titled “Project Team.”
I would have predicted most would have decided to do this with a partner, but 15 have decided to do it individually.
That’s really interesting! I wonder why that is.(Wow, I may have stumbled on a research topic!)
Informal Activity
SDCSystematic Data Collection
• An informal, (hopefully) enjoyable activity designed to give you first-hand experience collecting research data
• Your Task: Go and research something of interest to you!
• Report on it informally in writing
• Give 5 minute oral report
• 10%, Due: April 14
“Video Game Theory”
Let’s choose the person to briefly summarize this week’s podcast…
“Video Game Theory”Take away points
• One
• Two
RDA: Literature Critique
Debrief
Different Types of Scholarly Articles
• Research
• Review
• Theoretical/Conceptual
• Others, less valued– Development (look what I did)– Point of view, essay, opinion– Pure fluff
Research Article• A formal presentation of an original research
study (or sometimes a series of studies)• Things to look for:
– Research Question– Description of Research Methodology– Summary of data collected from participants– Interpretation and conclusions of the data
• The authors of the article are the ones who collected the primary data! They conducted the interviews, scored the tests, sent out the surveys, etc. etc.
• Use performance data to investigate whether answers on surveys or interviews match what people actually do or believe.
• Too much educational research relies too heavily on introspective data.
• Example of mixed methods (though we had to back down from our qualitative results in the final version).
Review Article
• An evaluative survey of previously published work
• Usually organized by a guiding theory or point of view.
• The author of a review article summarizes previous investigations of a certain problem or topic, comments on what progress has been made toward its resolution, and suggests areas of the problem that require further study.
Theoretical Article
• Also evaluates past research, but focuses on the development of theories used to explain empirical findings.
• The author may present a new theory to explain a set of findings, or may compare and contrast a set of competing theories, suggesting why one theory might be the superior one.
How to Avoid Inadvertent Plagiarism
• As you read the literature (e.g. articles, book chapters, etc.), write down the entire reference as a first step to taking notes.
• If you write down text from the source verbatim in your notes, put quotation marks around the text and note the page number. Don’t assume you’ll remember.
However, use quotes sparingly in your writing!
Use them judiciously for impact and for those rare times when the authors’ own words expertly capture the essence of the idea.
Most of the time, you should be paraphrasing and summarizing (and giving credit to the author, of course).
Do you have questions about writing?
• When do I quote?• When do I use a block quote vs. quoting
within a paragraph?• When do I paraphrase?• When do I summarize?• What are good writing practices for an
academic paper?• How do I organize the paper?• Etc., etc., etc
Rewrite your research question.It is your guide to your review of literature.
Outline your research questions main topics (or subparts).
Greg Clinton’s ROLOutline
• Creativity
• Instructional Design
• The Persistent Thread: Creativity and Instructional Design
• Conceptualizing the Role of Creativity in Instructional Design
Write your review’s opening paragraph.Use the example on p. 82 of the text as a guide.
Write the “meat” of your review. Read & follow my “scaffolded” advice carefully.
Example of Writing a Literature Review
In a review of educational gaming, Cruise (2007) concluded several important points. [Summarize the important points.] It is helpful to examine more closely some of the research reviewed by Cruise (2007) [Transitional sentence]. For example, research by Smith (2001) examined whether… [summarize]. Among Smith’s most important findings was… [paraphrase].
Write your concluding paragraph, again following my scaffolded advice carefully.
List your “real” references. There needs to be at least one.
Questions?
• Go ahead and enter question in message field, or…• Click and wait for my prompt to speak.
To do list• Follow the Course Learning Plan!
Writing a Clear and Cohesive Review
Get the proper psychological orientation. Have a plan. Emphasize relatedness. Give credit where credit is due. Review the literature. Don’t reproduce it! Summarize what you have said. Remember that your first draft will almost certainly NOT
be your last draft. Ask others for advice and feedback.
On rare occasions when the original source cannot be found even after diligent effort and the original source must be cited, use the following format:
Smith, 1980, as cited in Jones, 2007
To avoid chaos, if you have a question or comment, click on the “Raise Hand”, but don’t send/speak your message until prompted by me.
Break-Out Room Discussion
• What are the main topics that should be included on a survey of IDD students?
Possible Topics
• Online vs. Face-to-Face?
• Differences between American and International students?