Research Proposal

Done by: Hisa Ali AlAli

Improve UAE education by using assessment and communication tools.

Summary of Need Analysis

• In my teaching practice of this semester I worked in SWC with foundation computer teachers Ms Hajar and Ms Nawal.

• I observed that teachers want to use another tool of assessment than bb9.

• I notice there is luck of communication between teachers and student’s parents.

Continue

• My research topic is (improve UAE education by using assessment and communication tools.)

In this Research I will raise the following questions: 1. What are the different assessment tools that teacher can use in

the ipad? 2. What are the security issues they will face with the different

assessment tools? 3. How teachers can communicate the students’ parents to put them

on the picture of their kids’ performance using Moodle?

Moodle Features

Lesson Forum Survey

Enroll Parents

Lesson

• I will add a linear set of content pages with video tutorials and instructional activities that offer a variety of paths and options for the learner.

• I will include a variety of questions, such as multiple choice, matching and short answer.

Forum

• I will add different topics related to assessment security issues in discussion board to allow teachers to discuss these issues and suggest solutions about the tools they tried.

• I will also hide the forum from students.

• Files can be attached to forum posts in case teachers have long explanation or they get files from internet.

Survey

• I will create a survey to ask teacher about the security of certain assessment tools they used.

Ex: Does this tool allow students to open another files and navigate the internet browser?

• After that, I will analyze their answer using excel and attach the image resutl’s in the Moodle website. By this way I gave other teachers a clear idea about this tool.

Parents Enrollment

• I will give the parent permission to view certain information, such as activity reports, grades and forum posts related to their kid’s work.

• To be more obvious, to keep the website organize and avoid confusing the parents with the website content I will enroll them as parent role.

• I will follow these steps (Parent role, 2012) to create a parent Role in Moodle for the parents.

My objective from this plan

• I will create lesson, Forums and survey to give teachers knowledge about different assessment tools in the ipad and to facilitate decision making for the teacher in choosing the tools .

• The goal of family involvement in Moodle is not merely to get families involved, but rather to connect important contexts for strengthening children’s learning and development.

• I used Moodle to collect my work and display it in organize way during the work shops. Also, Moodle will be a good reference for independent learning for other teachers that don’t have chance to attend the workshops sessions.

Measure Success of My Goals.

• I will do face to face interviews with the teachers. I will prepare around 7 questions for roughly 10 teachers. Before I start I will explain for them the interview topic which is about the feature of the assessment tool they used.

• I will record their voice using my phone if they accept, if not I will take notes to collect their answers.

• I will participant in direct observation to notice how students interact with the assessment by taking notes and pictures if they agree.

• I will create an online survey in survey monkey. The survey will include around 15 different types of questions. I will send it via email for around 20 teachers and 50 students. It will be effective tool to measure the students and teachers satisfactions about assessment tools they used and learnt.

References • Educational Benefits of the iPad . (n.d.). Retrieved January 7, 2013, from PhoukhamSouksengmany031:

https://sites.google.com/site/phoukhamsouksengmany031/educational-benefits-of-the-ipad

• Staff, E. (2008, July 15). Why Is Assessment Important? Retrieved January 7, 2013, from edutopia: http://www.edutopia.org/assessment-guide-importance

• Waldo, D. (2011, February 27). Moodle: Keeping Educators and Parents Connected in the New Age. Retrieved January 8, 2013, from suite101: http://suite101.com/article/moodle-keeping-educators-and-parents-connected-in-the-new-age-a353820

• Parent role. (2012, October 24). Retrieved January 13, 2013, from moodle: http://docs.moodle.org/24/en/Parent_role

Images• Moodle Information. (2012, January 13). Retrieved January 13, 2013, from online.jalc:

https://online.jalc.edu/mod/resource/view.php?id=56497

• Forum-Read. (2012, January 15). Retrieved January 13, 2013, from samplecourses: http://samplecourses.alphaplus.ca/mod/page/view.php?id=1714

• Odle, K. J. (2012, December 30). How to Change a Light Bulb: Using Moodle’s Lesson Module . Retrieved January 13, 2013, from teachingblog: http://teachingblog.kjodle.net/2012/12/30/how-to-change-a-light-bulb-using-moodles-lesson-module/

• Team, B. (2012, October 15). Behavioural Interview Questions – Don’t Let Them Trip You Up. Retrieved January 13, 2013, from bcjobs: http://www.bcjobs.ca/career-advice/category/career-advice/interview-advice/

Research Methods I will use qualitative research for several reasons.•First, the participant from teachers will be at the forefront of analytic discussion. (Albon,n.d)

•Second, I will shape a variety of interactive activities that bear on one another like the lesson and forums topics. (Albon,n.d)

•Third, the assessment tools judgment will be suspend until full explication of assessment tools qualities has been made and teacher use it with their students. (Albon,n.d)

•Furthermore, I will use questionnaire to gather information about the teacher’s attitudes, thoughts and behaviors towards what they learnt and used. (Lanthier, 2002)

•Also, I will utilize a correlation to make prediction if there is correlation between two variables. (Lanthier, 2002)Ex: If we know successful students, we can predict that their parents are communicating with schools.

Data Collection Methods

Interviews

Record

Observation

Survey

Ethical Issues

In my research I have to take into account:1- the approval of my audience to take their pictures, record their voice and include their names in my research.

2- I have to take permission from the school administration if I want to take pictures, doing workshop in their school and include their name in the research.

References • Summary: Protecting Research Participants (Research Involving Human Participants V1) . (2003, June 13). Retrieved January 11, 2013 from onlineethics: http://

www.onlineethics.org/cms/8017.aspx

• Albon, R. (n.d.). QUALITATIVE RESEARCH IN EDUCATION: Analytic & Interpretative. Retrieved January 13, 2013 from From G-Drive: \\shc-fileshare\GDrive\Student Folders\Study Materials\Dr. Rozz Albon

• Hamdan, S. (2012, October 28). U.A.E. Moves Toward Paperless Classrooms. Retrieved October 12, 2013 from nytimes: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/29/world/middleeast/29iht-educlede29.html?_r=0

• Lanthier, E. (2002, March 29). Pshycology Research Methods. Retrieved January 13, 13 from nvcc: http://www.nvcc.edu/home/elanthier/methods/index.htm

• Staff, E. (2008, July 15). Why Is Assessment Important? Retrieved January 7, 2013 from edutopia: http://www.edutopia.org/assessment-guide-importance

• Waldo, D. (2011, February 27). Moodle: Keeping Educators and Parents Connected in the New Age. Retrieved January 8, 2013 from suite101: http://suite101.com/article/moodle-keeping-educators-and-parents-connected-in-the-new-age-a353820

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http://www.sparkminute.com/2010/08/16/how-to-make-sure-journalists-get-your-story-correct/

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