GEDU 6141

Becoming Informed Producers of Educational Technology Research

Colin Lankshear & Michele Knobel

Colin.lankshear@msvu.ca & Michele.knobel@msvu.ca

A quick recap: Research as systematic inquiry

Textbook, p. 29

Managing your research project Forming research teams Developing or refining your research

“problem” and question Keep your study small, elegant and

manageable

Choosing your study “type”

1. A document-based, state-of-the-art study

2. An interview-based study

3. A visual artifact-based study

4. An elicitation device/think aloud study

5. A study of a social networking site

Before our next session Email a summary of your intended project

to Colin & Michele. Specify the type of study it is

Complete a study design matrix (ch 2 of Handbook) for your project and design on your approach(es) to data analysis

Begin writing up your literature review, refine your research questions, and begin writing up your methodology section

Collect your data and bring what you can with you to our next session